How to stop your pots boiling over in SECONDS with one ‘unusual’ ingredient from the fridge

An Australian mum and organising guru revealed her secret ice cube ‘hack’ to prevent pots from boiling over – and it works every time.

Anita Birges, who heads Mise en Place Professional Organising, shared the simple trick in an Instagram video to thousands of fans.

The Sydney home cook and cleaning expert merely pops a cube of ice into a pot on the verge of boiling over to top the water from bubbling over.

‘Are you sick of your pots boiling over and making your stove top harder to clean?’ she asked.

Thousands admitted that cleaning up spillage from pots overflowing was extremely ‘annoying’ and ‘tedious’.

But Anita’s simple hack ensures sparkling clean stovetops and gets the boil down to a simmer in seconds. 

‘While I was making my chicken soup today, I used this clever trick that I have been doing for years and wanted to share it with you,’ the mum said.

She claimed that it made both cooking and cleaning ‘easier’.

‘Whenever I have a pot that looks like it’s about to boil over, I throw in an ice cube in – that’s it!’

Anita revealed that once the ice cube hits the boiling foam it ‘immediately starts to reduce.’

The cleaning expert added: ‘I know that I could have just turned down the heat or lifted the pot off the stove – but that takes a lot longer to get the boiling down to a simmer.’

‘Whereas this little ice cube takes seconds to work, and saves so much cleaning as well!’

An Australian mum and organising guru revealed her secret ice cube ‘hack’ to prevent pots from boiling over – and it works every time

Hundreds flocked to the comments to thank Anita for her simple hack.

‘Such a nice trick – I’ll be sure to try it soon!’

‘This is so helpful,’ echoed another.