These Instant Pot garlic mashed potatoes are creamy and flavorful.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time8 minutesmins
Time to Reach Pressure10 minutesmins
Total Time28 minutesmins
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Cooking the Potatoes
3poundsred potatoes5-6 medium sized
2-6clovesgarlic
1cupwater
1teaspoonsalt
Mashing the Potatoes
1/4cupbutter
1/4cupmilk
1teaspoonsalt
1/2teaspoonpepper
Instructions
Wash the red potatoes. There is no need to peel them.
3 pounds red potatoes
Slice the potatoes into 1/2 thick slices and chop so the potatoes are in more or less even pieces.
Put the potatoes in an instant pot strainer and rinse them under cold water.
Peel the garlic cloves and add them to the strainer with the potatoes.
2-6 cloves garlic
Put 1 cup of water plus the salt in the Instant Pot. Add the strainer full of potatoes on top of a trivet over the water. Put the lid on, making sure the pressure valve is closed.
1 cup water, 1 teaspoon salt
Set the Instant Pot to Manual, high pressure for 8 minutes.
When the Instant Pot is finished cooking release the pressure manually.
Remove the strainer with the potatoes and garlic and set aside for a minute.
Dump the water out of the Instant Pot and rinse it quickly. Return the potatoes to the Instant Pot, dumping them out of the strainer.
Add the butter and mash with a handheld potato masher for 1-2 minutes. Once the butter is mixed in add the milk, salt and pepper and continue to mash the potatoes until the desired consistency is reached.
1/4 cup butter, 1/4 cup milk, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Notes
Determine how many garlic cloves to use based on how garlicky you want your potatoes to be.
Rinsing the potatoes after cutting them, cooking them above the water and mixing in the butter before the milk are all steps designed to reduce the starch in the potatoes which will make them creamier.