Basic Mashed Potatoes
Recipe: #22087
December 11, 2015
Categories: Comfort Food, Dinner, Side Dishes, Dairy, Vegetables, Potatoes, North American, 5 Ingredients Or Less, Budget-Friendly, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Kid Pleaser, Christmas, Entertaining, Sunday Dinner, Thanksgiving, Weeknight Meals, Electric Mixer, Stove Top, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Make it from scratch, Kosher Dairy more
"Everyone says that their grandmother or mother made the best mashed potatoes but my grandmother truly did. Try and use the best butter available and not margarine, please. I prefer Kerrygold and it is definitely worth every last bite."
Original recipe yields 8-12 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (341.4 g)
- Calories 510.3
- Total Fat - 35.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 22.2 g
- Cholesterol - 93.2 mg
- Sodium - 365.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 45.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.8 g
- Sugars - 4 g
- Protein - 5.6 g
- Calcium - 53.3 mg
- Iron - 1.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 25.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add the potato chunks. Keeping the water at or just under a boil, cook potatoes until they are soft enough that a fork moves easily through them (30-40 minutes).
Step 2
Carefully drain the potatoes and return them to the pot.
Step 3
Add the butter and milk to the potatoes. Using an electric mixer, blend the potatoes into a whipped mixture that is not too lumpy. Some lumps are ok and necessary.
Step 4
Add salt and pepper, to taste, and give the potatoes a last stir. Serve immediately.
Tips & Variations
- Electric mixer
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