How To Make Easy Creamy Mashed Potatoes
These mashed potatoes are easy and lusciously creamy. They’re flavored with parmesan, butter, garlic, and generous portions of sour cream.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2lbspotatoes,Russet, Yukon Gold, Dutch Creams, Creme Gold, Creme Royale
- 1tspsalt
- ½cuphot milk,or more
- ⅓cupunsalted butter,softened, close to room temp is best
- 8clovesfresh garlic,finely chopped
- ¼cupsour cream,reduced fat
- ¼cupparmesan cheese,fresh shredded, optional
- salt and pepper,to taste
- 1tbspparsley,freshly chopped, optional to garnish
Instructions
-
Peel and cut potatoes into quarters lengthwise. Remove any spots, lumps or knots.
-
Place potatoes in a large pot (6-quart) and cover with cold, salted water by an inch. Bring to a boil, reduce heat down to medium-low and allow to simmer for about 15 to 20 minutes or until fork-tender.
-
When potatoes are just about done (nearly fork-tender), heat 1 tablespoon of the butter in a small pan over medium-high heat. Sauté garlic for about 1 minute or until fragrant. Set aside and keep warm.
-
Drain cooked potatoes, add in the remaining butter, cooked garlic, hot milk and sour cream.
-
Mash the potatoes with a potato masher until smooth, adding a little extra milk if needed.
-
Add in the parmesan cheese. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition
- Calories: 404.65kcal
- Fat: 21.84g
- Saturated Fat: 13.54g
- Trans Fat: 0.62g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 5.67g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.93g
- Carbohydrates: 44.45g
- Fiber: 5.38g
- Sugar: 3.88g
- Protein: 9.83g
- Cholesterol: 57.52mg
- Sodium: 715.68mg
- Calcium: 208.69mg
- Potassium: 1070.16mg
- Iron: 2.14mg
- Vitamin A: 192.21µg
- Vitamin C: 47.94mg
Was this page helpful?
Have your own special recipe to share? Submit Your Recipe Today!
Related Recipes
