Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes are rich and creamy and so easy to make! Making mashed potatoes has never been quicker or tasted better than these Instant Pot mashed potatoes ready in 20 minutes!
I am completely obsessed with how creamy and delicious these mashed potatoes turned out in my instant pot. I have been wanting to try mashed potatoes in my pressure cooker for a while now. Because, mashed potatoes are obviously one of the most delicious side dishes on the planet, but, I don't always feel like cooking them on a weeknight when we are busy. Now, I can have mashed potatoes ready in about 20 minutes and everyone absolutely loved them!
Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes:
Making mashed potatoes in the instant pot starts out just a simple and easy as if you were making mashed potatoes on the stove like my reader favorite Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes.
You'll start out with three pounds of potatoes. This is about 6 medium potatoes total. Go ahead and peel them. I haven't tried this recipe leaving the skin on the potatoes because we prefer ours without skin.
Next, simply slice the potatoes into large rounds. For me, this came out to about 4-5 round slices per potato. There is no reason to spend time cutting them into cubes. You'll then cover them completely in water which will be about 4-5 cups depending on what size of instant pot you're using. The picture below shows the potato rounds in my 8 quart instant pot.
After the potatoes are covered in the water you will add ½ teaspoon of salt. This is just enough salt to flavor the potatoes while they cook without being overwhelming.
Then, that's it for now! Go ahead and place the lid on your instant pot. Set the valve to sealed and cook on manual for 8 minutes. Keep in mind that it will take about 8-10 minutes for the pot to come to pressure.
Once the timer goes off you can quick release the pressure from your pot. You will need to drain the potatoes and then return them to the instant pot with the power off.
Then, simply add in the remaining salt, pepper, garlic powder, butter, milk, and sour cream. The garlic powder is, of course, optional, but, we really love that extra bit of flavor in our mashed potatoes!
You can mash these up with a standard potato masher if you wish. Or, you can mash then whip them with a hand-held mixer which is what I love to do!
After your potatoes are mashed you are set to go and eat! Make sure to taste and double check the seasoning. I have listed the amounts to our preference, but, you may prefer to add more. Always season to your own taste.
Enjoy!
~Nichole
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Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
- 3 Pounds Potatoes 6 medium, Peeled and Sliced
- Water to Cover Potatoes About 4-5 cups
- 2 Teaspoons Salt Divided
- ¼ Cup Butter
- ¼ Cup Sour Cream
- ¼ Cup Milk
- ½ Teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ½ Teaspoon Pepper
Instructions
- Place the peeled and sliced potatoes into the bottom of the instant pot.
- Cover with water and add 1 teaspoon of salt.
- Place the lid on the instant pot and set the valve to seal.
- Cook on manual pressure for 8 minutes.
- When the timer goes off, turn the instant pot off.
- Quick release the pressure from the pot.
- Drain the potatoes and return to the instant pot.
- Add the remaining salt, pepper, garlic powder, butter, milk and sour cream to the potatoes. Mash until smooth.
- Serve topped with parsley if desired.
Absolutely delicious and so easy! Thank you for the recipe!!!! Definitely my new way to make mashed potatoes.
My mashed potatoes have always been really tasty and creamy with oodles of butter and full cream milk, parsley, a dash of salt and a sprinkling of nutmeg but yours is on a different level!!! It is So So So yummy and delicious and dreamily creamy. Thank you for sharing this recipe. I will never go back to my old way of making it. God bless you.
I have used Hellmann’s Mayonnaise as a replacement for sour cream. Taste perfect ?
?. I agree mayo was a great substitute for sour cream
Is this manual pressure on high temp? I am excited to try this!
Loved the potatoes. They were so easy to make and tasted amazing.
The best mashed potatoes I've ever made--super easy and super fluffy! I made them vegan using plant milk and vegan Parmesan and they were so tasty. This is going to be one of my go-to recipes.
I've made this twice and the husband loves it. I don't even bother with peeling. Still delicious!
Very good! The only difference for me was I left the garlic out and I cooked the potatoes in chicken broth instead of water.
Everyone liked them! Delicious. Thanks for sharing.
I read the reviews about masking so easily. Wow, they were awesome. I used 5 pda potatoes in my 8qt. Pot. Just kept it simple with 1/2 cup butter,salt,pepper and enough milk to make creamy. This was my first time using my Instant pot and can't be happier. Thanks.
Made these tonight, they were a big hit! Looking forward to trying different add ins such as bacon crumbles.
So little mashing such heavenly potatoes!
The only issue is the estimated time is off. The cook time alone will probably take 20 minutes. But other than that, great mashed potatoes.
These were great and super easy. Will make again! Thank you
Excellent! I have made these many times.
I love these potatoes. The best. Thank you
Thumbs up! I threw in a few peeled, fresh garlic cloves with the raw potatoes and mashed them in. Better flavor than garlic powder in my opinion.
I don't use sour cream, minimal butter for mixing, I add milk and I barely need to mash. I made these with my Stuffed Spinach and Feta Chicken. It was a hit
I made this tonight for the fam and it was well-liked! I adjusted it to be dairy free using dairy free heavy whipping cream and keeping some of the saltwater in it instead of milk. It made nice fluffy mashed potatoes!
Can you make them without sour cream? I would really like to make these tonight but sour cream and cream cheese are not in my fridge at the moment. Would LOVE to try them.
Best creamy mashed potatoes. EVER.