Description
These Instant Pot mashed potatoes are fluffy, creamy, and ready in just 30 minutes with no peeling, no boiling, and no hovering over the stove.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 pounds red potatoes (5–6 medium sized)
- 2–6 cloves garlic
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Wash the red potatoes. There is no need to peel them.
- Slice the potatoes into 1/2 thick slices and chop so the potatoes are in more or less even pieces.
- Put the potatoes in an instant pot strainer and rinse them under cold water.
- Peel the garlic cloves and add them to the strainer with the potatoes.
- Add 1 cup of water and the salt to the Instant Pot. Add the strainer full of potatoes on top of a trivet over the water. Put the lid on, making sure the pressure valve is closed.
- Set the Instant Pot to Manual, high pressure for 8 minutes.
- When the Instant Pot is finished cooking release the pressure manually.
- Remove the strainer with the potatoes and garlic and set aside for a minute.
- Dump the water out of the Instant Pot and rinse it quickly. Return the potatoes to the Instant Pot, dumping them out of the strainer.
- Add the butter and mash with a handheld potato masher for 1-2 minutes. Once the butter is mixed in add the milk, salt and pepper and continue to mash the potatoes until the desired consistency is reached.
Notes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Instant Pot
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 235 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 37 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg