Instant Pot Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes. This is the kind of recipe that gets me incredibly excited about being a food. These Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes are so, so good! They are so creamy, so fluffy, and laced with garlic herb flavor.
You can cook Instant Pot Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes using 8 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Instant Pot Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes
- It’s of Potatoes peeled and cut into even 1 inch pieces.
- Prepare of Garlic Cloves peeled and minced.
- Prepare of Water or Chicken Stock with no added salt.
- You need of Salt.
- Prepare of Butter divided.
- Prepare of Sour Cream.
- You need of Cream Cheese.
- It’s of More butter and chopped chives for topping.
I've included a few cloves of garlic in my mashed potatoes. Place the potatoes in the Instant Pot with the garlic and water. When the Instant Pot beeps that it is If you like creamy potatoes as opposed to fluffy, I still recommend you drain the water first, add the ingredients noted, and then assess if you need more. These Instant Pot Baked Potatoes were my first love, and these Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes were my second, but these garlic herb Instant Pot potatoes are right up there.
Instant Pot Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes step by step
In an Instant Pot add potatoes, garlic, water, salt and one and a half tablespoons butter. Put the lid on, turn the valve to sealing and cook on manual high pressure for 8 minutes. (My Instant Pot took 10 minutes to come to pressure, so the total time taken was 18 minutes). Release pressure immediately by turning the knob to 'vent', and open the lid once the pressure is released..
Using a potato masher, mash the potatoes in the Instant Pot for really creamy potatoes. For fluffier mashed potatoes, you can drain the water and then mash the potatoes. Once the potatoes are mashed, mix in the remaining butter, sour cream and cream cheese. Mix well while the potatoes are still steaming hot. Taste and add more salt if required. Top with more butter and chives and serve..
They might even have taken first place! I like to use Creamer potatoes for this recipe — they're small, they cook quickly and they. These mashed potatoes are buttery, creamy, and garlicky! They make for a rich and velvety and comforting side dish, especially during this chilly time of year. The best part about them is that they are so simple to make in an instant pot!
