The Hack for Cleaning Greasy Containers

This quick container cleaning hack will save you lots of dishwashing time.

Before Pesach, we’re cooking a lot in advance and storing food in containers. And then we serve or cook such food, and we’re left with lots and lots of greasy containers that need to get washed so they can be used again (or put away for next year).

Somehow there’s some magic in this method that we can’t explain. The paper towel picks up the color of the tomato sauce and the grease that usually doesn’t come out when you simply scrub. It’s an amazing thing. 

Does this look familiar? If you’ve ever tried to wash these with a sponge, you might remember that it’s hard to get that greasy residue off. You can scrub the container with a sponge and tons of dish soap but it still feels greasy. This method literally gets that squeaky clean result. Like a new container.

First, wet a paper towel until fully saturated.

And add some dish soap.

Add the paper towel to your container.

Close and shake!

And shake some more.

The paper towel really does a great job of absorbing that grease! We can’t explain why this works so much better than simply scrubbing with the paper towel, but it does! If the container is really super greasy, you may need to do it twice. Grab a new paper towel and do it again.

Then, just a quick rinse will get rid of both the soap and any other food that didn’t get picked up by the paper towel. 

And it’s all clean!