Creamy & Flavorful Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

This is the best recipe for Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes that you will find, promise! They are creamy and rich in flavor. The best part is they cook in a flash in your Instant Pot, just pop the lid on and they are ready in 11 minutes, no draining required!!

After the potatoes cook in the electric pressure cooker you add big flavor; a little sour cream, cream cheese, butter, a garlic clove and milk. Blend them up to a creamy consistency and they are ready to be the star of the dinner table.

If you do not have an Instant Pot, not to worry, hop over to this Yukon Gold Mashed Potato recipe!

You should also check out this recipe for Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes. Or if you don’t have an Instant Pot this one for Savory Mashed Sweet Potatoes will be great!

If you are looking for a baked potato recipe, these Instant Pot Baked Potatoes are perfect and easy!

Ingredients You Will Need

Don’t skip a single ingredient for this Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes recipe, they all blend together for a perfect mashed potato:

• Russet Potatoes
• kosher salt
• cream cheese
• butter
• sour cream (could use a plain Greek yogurt)
• milk or half & half
• 1 garlic clove

How Many Potatoes to Make

When you are serving a crowd, especially during the Holidays, it is hard to know how many potatoes to cook! Use this to make sure you have the right amount of mashed potatoes every time!

• Plan on making ½ lb of potatoes per person. Therefore this recipe will feed 6 people because it is 3 pounds of potatoes.

Step by Step Picture Instructions

You are going to start by peeling and washing 3 lbs. of russet potatoes. Cut the peeled potatoes into 2-3 inch chunks. This is the perfect size so they cook through without getting soggy.

Place the potato chunks in the Instant Pot. Pour ½ cup water over the potatoes and sprinkle with 2 teaspoon of kosher salt.

Pop the lid on and set to cook on high pressure for 11 minutes. Then do a quick release of pressure.

SUPER BONUS- NO NEED TO DRAIN ANY LIQUID FROM THE POT!!!!

Add the sour cream, cream cheese, and butter to the potatoes. Blend with a hand held mixer.

Pro Tip: save a pot and blend them up right in the Instant Pot!

Finally add 2 tablespoon milk and 1 minced garlic clove and mix again.

Taste for additional seasonings; salt, pepper or butter.

Time to serve!

Gravy

These mashed potatoes are absolutely flavorful enough to stand on their own!!!!!!!

But if you want to add a gravy you can definitely do that. If you don’t have a roast or bird that will provide drippings for gravy, here are two excellent “no dripping” gravy recipes:

• Gravy without Drippings
• Instant Pot Gravy

Doubling The Recipe

You can absolutely double this recipe, just make sure not to overfill your Instant Pot. There should be a max fill line on the inside of the metal liner.

When doubling you DO NOT NEED TO DOUBLE THE TIME. Simply double the ingredients.

Recipe Card Tip For Doubling: An easy way to do this is by hovering over the “servings” in the recipe card, a slider will appear and you can slide it up and down for your serving amount. The ingredient amounts will change based on how many people you are serving.

Freezing Mashed Potatoes

Have you ever purchased frozen mashed potatoes at the store? They come in these convenient little pucks that you sauté in a pan with water. Guess what?! You can freeze your homemade mashed potatoes too!

Simply scoop the cooled Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes with a small ice cream scoop or large spoon onto a baking sheet. Make sure to pick a pan that will fit in the freezer.

Freeze the pucks and then transfer them to a freezer safe bag or container. They will be good in the freezer for about 3 months.

Thawing Frozen Mashed Potatoes

To “thaw” frozen mashed potatoes for serving, place the frozen pucks in a non stick skillet over low heat, add a couple tablespoons of water or milk.

Pop the lid on and sauté/simmer for about 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally until they are thawed and creamy.

Add extra butter, milk, and/or salt for desired consistency and taste.

Another option is to thaw in the fridge overnight and then place in a baking dish, top with butter and cream, cover with foil, and pop in a 350 degree oven until they are heated through.

More Serving Ideas for Mashed Potatoes

Obviously mashed potatoes make a perfect side dish! BUT they also make a great base for some other recipes.

• Serve Swedish Meatballs over mashed potatoes.
• Or make these Instant Pot Swedish Meatballs!
• Use these mashed potatoes to cover a Turkey Shepherd’s Pie.
• This Instant Pot Coq Au Vin is AMAZING spooned over mashed potatoes.

Watch or Listen to the Recipe

Besides making the recipe from the card below you can also watch these Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes being made on Pin TV, or you can listen to the full audio recipe on the Let’s Make Dinner Podcast (a player is also included in the recipe card below!).

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