Say goodbye to stressful party planning! This genius four-ingredient recipe for mashed potatoes makes perfectly creamy taters the easiest way ever—in your Instant Pot®. You can even make it up to an hour ahead of time and keep it on the warming feature until you’re ready to serve—how’s that for convenient?
Instant Pot® Mashed Potatoes
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 50 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 3 lb russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 cup half-and-half
- 1/2 cup butter, sliced
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Chopped fresh parsley leaves, if desired
Instructions
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Step1In 6-quart Instant Pot® insert, mix potatoes, water and 1 teaspoon of the salt. Secure lid; set pressure valve to SEALING. Select MANUAL; cook on high pressure 8 minutes. Select CANCEL. Set pressure valve to VENTING to quick-release pressure. Drain off cooking liquid; return potatoes to insert.
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Step2In 2-cup glass measuring cup, microwave half-and-half and butter uncovered on High 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until heated through.
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Step3Using potato masher, mash potatoes in Instant Pot® until all lumps are gone. Add hot half-and-half mixture; season with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and the pepper. If potatoes are too thick, add additional half-and-half, 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency.
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Step4Garnish with parsley before serving. (If desired, transfer hot mixture to serving dish, and top with parsley before serving.)
Nutrition
250
Calories
13g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
30g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 250
- Calories from Fat
- 120
- Total Fat
- 13g
- 20%
- Saturated Fat
- 8g
- 42%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 35mg
- 12%
- Sodium
- 550mg
- 23%
- Potassium
- 560mg
- 16%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 30g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 8%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 15%
- 15%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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