Easiest Way to Make Mashed potatoes

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Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Basic mashed potatoes made with milk and butter are a classic, but mashed potatoes are also great with garlic, cheese, bacon, and more. Use a potato mashed or ricer to begin mashing the potatoes into the consistency you enjoy.

Mashed potatoes is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Mashed potatoes is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

Recipe of Mashed potatoes

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have mashed potatoes using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Mashed potatoes:

1. Make ready 2 big potatoes
2. Make ready 2 tsp salt
3. Make ready 1/2 tsp black pepper
4. Prepare chicken stock
5. Get 1/4 cup milk (plus more if needed)
6. Get 3 tbsp unsalted butter
7. Take 1/2 tsp garlic powder
8. Get 1/4 tsp lemon powder (optional)

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Instructions

Steps to make Mashed potatoes:

1. Peel the potatoes and cut into cubes, put into a large sauce pan and add chicken stock and water and bring to a boil over medium heat for about 20 minutes. (in case if the chicken stock is not salted add 1 tsp of salt to the water)
2. When potatoes are tender and done drain well from water set aside
3. Heat the milk and butter over medium temp , when butter is melted add the salt, pepper , garlic powder and lemon powder to the milk while heating, and stir for a minute.
4. Mash the potatoes with potato masher and add the milk to it during the mashing process to make sure the ingredients are well spread.
5. If you like it creamy you can add a bit of milk to it and stir till creamy.

For a special touch, sprinkle this creamy mashed potatoes recipe with chopped fresh chives, canned french-fried onions or fresh grated Parmesan cheese. —Donna Bardocz, Howell, Michigan Always put potatoes in cold water to start, then bring to a boil. That way the potatoes cook more evenly. Add cold water to the pan until the potatoes are covered by at least an inch. Garlic mashed potatoes: To make your mashed potatoes extra garlicky, feel free to double or triple the amount of garlic added to this recipe. Or, feel free to roast a head of garlic while the potatoes are boiling and add the roasted cloves to the mash for extra-rich flavor.

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