Deviled eggs, egg salad, salade Nicoise, or even a hard-boiled egg as a snack pr salad topping are all delicious. All require you to peel an egg. Despite all the various tips and tricks available about how best to peel a hard-boiled egg, they all leave you with shards of eggshell too tiny to grasp stuck to the surface of the egg. This version, however, leaves you with a clean, ready-to-eat egg in moments without the fuss.

This simple, fast, and proven method for peeling hard-boiled eggs will quickly become your favorite way to rid your snack of its shell. It may even become your go-to party trick to amaze your friends. Keep reading to find out how this works.

-Eggs
-Pot of water
-Glass jar with lid, about half-full of water

1. Carefully add eggs to boiling water and cook until hard-boiled.

2. Remove cooked eggs from pot and allow to cool.

3. When eggs are cool to the touch, add one egg to the glass jar.

Fill the jar just enough to completely submerge the egg.

4. Tightly screw the lid on the jar, and then shake the jar vigorously.

The eggshell will crack, and the swirling water will remove the peel.

Remove the lid and fetch your now peeled egg.

5. Repeat with remaining hard-boiled eggs.

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