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 1/2 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
- 1/4 Cup Butter
- 1/4 Cup Sour Cream
- 1/4 Cup Milk
- 1/2 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1/2 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.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I had my 10 year old read the directions and make it for the family. It was REALLY good and I don’t like mash potatoes and (cut my finger peeling the potatoes WITH a peeler :\). It was delicious and made me consider making it again since it was so easy…finger still healing 🙂
Try stabbing a fork into the end of the potato as a handle. This helps me. 🙂
We LOVE this recipe! Sometimes we tweak it and add cream cheese, but either way it’s DEEELISH- thank you!
Do you have to use sour cream? I dont have any and would like mashed potatoes with dinner 🙂 i just got an instapot and im trying many many things with it 🙂
No, you could just add extra milk/butter to your own taste, or even a few ounces of cream cheese instead 🙂
I’ve made this recipe a few times and it comes out delicious every time!
Yo these potatoes are so fluffy! Besides the ease of doing everything out of one pot. Easily the best I’ve made to date.
These are amazing! I doubled the recipe and it came out perfect. Thanks for the delicious recipe.
Doubling the recipe, wondering how this affects the time? Help!!
You don’t need to add more time if doubling this recipe. But, it will take longer to come to pressure.
This is the best mash I’ve ever made!! So fluffy creamy and tasty.. I used the lurpak garlic butter which was delish! Totally recommend this!
This is the 4th IP mashed potatoes recipe I have tried. This one worked perfect. The flavor and texture were spot on to our liking- no gravy required! I used yellow potatoes, and rinsed/wiped out the scum in the pot when I drained the potatoes. After mashing I put the IP on warm (medium) until we were ready for dinner. So awesome being able to make them an hour or two before dinner. Again, perfect!
Quick and easy. The flavour was spot on too, I didn’t have sour cream so I subbed Greek yoghurt and it still turned out great. Thank you for the recipe,