Creamy Mashed Potatoes Recipe (Super Quick and Easy!)
This Creamy Mashed Potatoes Recipe is incredibly tasty, and super simple too! It's all made in an instant pot in just 10 minutes! Try it and you'll love it!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword creamy mashed potatoes recipe, Instant Pot mashed potatoes, main dish, mashed potatoes
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
20 minutesminutes
Total Time 50 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Author Valya's Taste of Home
Ingredients
What you Need to Make Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
5lbs.– Russet potatoes
1tsp.– sea salt + 1 tsp.add during mashing
3oz.– salted butter + 1 tbsp. butter for topping
½cup– heavy whipping cream
Organic dill for garnish
Instructions
How to Cook Creamy Mashed Potatoes in an Instant Pot
Start by peeling and rinsing potatoes. Chop each potato into smaller chunks in a large bowl. I've cut the medium potato into 4 pieces and the large ones into 6 pieces.
Rinse once more and then add chopped potatoes into the Instant pot inner pot. Add just enough water to cover all potatoes. Finally, add 1 tsp. of sea salt.
Close the instant pot lid, and turn the valve to 'Sealing'. Click on the 'Pressure Cook' button and set the cooking time to 10 minutes.
It takes about 10 to 15 minutes for the Instant pot to pressurize. Then the instant pot will beep when heated and a 10-minute cooking time will start.
While the potatoes are cooking, cut butter into smaller pieces.
Next, rinse and chop fresh dill, and heat the cream in a small saucepan.
How to Mash Cooked Potatoes
After the potatoes are done cooking, using a kitchen glove turn the valve to 'Venting'. Make sure not to lean over the instant pot or the coming out steam will burn your face.
After the stem is released, open the Instant pot lid and use gloves to remove the inner pot of the Instant Pot. Carefully drain potatoes by dumping them into the strainer.
You'll have perfectly cooked, fork-tender potatoes that are ready for us to mash!
As soon as the water is drained transfer the potatoes from the strainer back into the Instant Pot inner pot. Place the inner pot back into the Instant Pot.
How to Cream Mashed Potatoes
Spread out cubed butter over drained potatoes and then using a hand mixer, potato masher, or potato ricer, cream the potatoes well.
Next, add heated cream and beat the potatoes some more until it's all well combined.
Cover the Instant pot back with a lid. Click on the keep warm cycle and adjust the timer to the preferred time (the picture below shows the timer set for 2 hours).
That's it! Your potatoes will stay fresh and warm. Alternatively, you can also keep them warm in the oven but letting them stay in the instant pot is so much easier!
Before serving sprinkle mashed potatoes with fresh dill and place some little pieces of butter if you'd like. Your delicious Creamy Mashed Potatoes are ready to be served!
Notes
If you need to make 10 lbs. of potatoes for a Thanksgiving gathering or any party really, simply double the ingredients. For 10 lbs. of potatoes you must use an 8-quart size Instant Pot.