Recipe: Appetizing Instant Pot Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Instant Pot Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes. Instructions Add the potatoes, garlic, water, and salt to the pot. In an Instant Pot add potatoes, garlic, water, salt and one and a half tablespoons butter. Drain the potatoes and return to Instant Pot.

Taste and add additional seasoning, as desired. Serve potatoes was a side with a pork chop, steak, or make it a one-dish meal and top your Instant Pot garlic mashed potatoes with hamburger gravy. Notes Easy garlic mashed potatoes can be jazzed up with a variety of toppings. You can cook Instant Pot Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes using 8 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Instant Pot Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes

1. Prepare 2 1/2 lbs of Potatoes peeled and cut into even 1 inch pieces.
2. Prepare 6 of Garlic Cloves peeled and minced.
3. Prepare 2/3 cup of Water or Chicken Stock with no added salt.
4. It's 3/4 tsp of Salt.
5. It's 3 tbsp of Butter divided.
6. It's 1/4 cup of Sour Cream.
7. It's 1/4 cup of Cream Cheese.
8. Prepare of More butter and chopped chives for topping.

Quick release when done Using a potato masher, mash the potatoes up in the pot. It may appear soupy at first, but once fully mashed, the potatoes will absorb all the broth INSTANT POT MASHED POTATOES GARLIC. If you want a really creamy potato, make sure that you are pressing the garlic prior to pressuring cooking with the potatoes. This will ensure REALLY CREAMY mashed potatoes.

Instant Pot Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes instructions

1. In an Instant Pot add potatoes, garlic, water, salt and one and a half tablespoons butter. Put the lid on, turn the valve to sealing and cook on manual high pressure for 8 minutes. (My Instant Pot took 10 minutes to come to pressure, so the total time taken was 18 minutes). Release pressure immediately by turning the knob to 'vent', and open the lid once the pressure is released..
2. Using a potato masher, mash the potatoes in the Instant Pot for really creamy potatoes. For fluffier mashed potatoes, you can drain the water and then mash the potatoes. Once the potatoes are mashed, mix in the remaining butter, sour cream and cream cheese. Mix well while the potatoes are still steaming hot. Taste and add more salt if required. Top with more butter and chives and serve..

You can use a hand held blender or potato ricer vs a potato masher if desired. Place the potatoes in the Instant Pot with the garlic and water. When the Instant Pot beeps that it is complete, quick release the steam. Open the lid and drain the excess water from the pot. Place potatoes back into the pot.