Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes
Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes are ultra creamy and fluffy, made with high starch potatoes that are slow cooked in flavorful broth and then mashed with sour cream and butter and seasoned with salt and pepper.
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INGREDIENTS
- 1 ½ lb potatoes, Yukon Gold, roughly chopped
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup sour cream
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup chicken or veggie broth
- Sliced scallions or chives for serving
INSTRUCTIONS
- Add the potatoes and broth to a smaller about 4.5-quart slow cooker.
- Cook on HIGH for 3 hours until the potato is quite tender.
- Stir in the sour cream and melted butter. Salt and black pepper, to taste. If using salted butter, you may not need any extra salt.
- With a potato masher (recommended for chunky texture) or an immersion blender (recommended for silky smooth texture) blend the potatoes until desired consistency.
- These can be a little chunky or smooth depending on your preference. Serve with sliced scallions on top.
NOTES
- It’s normal for there to be some liquid left in the pot once the potatoes have cooked in the broth since potatoes naturally release moisture while cooking. If you feel that there is too much liquid leftover, simply remove half of it before adding the sour cream to potatoes. Keep that liquid aside in case the mashed potatoes become too thick and you want to thin out the mixture.
- Always reheat leftover mashed potatoes by adding milk or broth to the saucepan or microwave-safe bowl so that the flavor isn’t diluted. Mashed potatoes naturally thicken in storage.
- How do you make potatoes soft in a slow cooker? Cooking the potatoes in broth and then combining the cooked potatoes with sour cream and butter produces extremely soft mashed potatoes. You can always adjust the liquid added to your mashed potatoes to change the consistency to how you prefer.
- Do you have to parboil potatoes before slow cooker? No. I’ve added raw potatoes straight to the slow cooker with the broth and they cook until fork tender with no issues. One tip is to cut the potatoes into rough chunks when cooking them in the slow cooker which will speed up the cooking process and ensure that the potato pieces are cooked all the way through.
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NUTRITION
Calories: 233kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 4gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 191mgPotassium: 613mgFiber: 3gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 427IUVitamin C: 27mgCalcium: 44mgIron: 1mg
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