Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, mashed potatoes. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mashed potatoes is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Mashed potatoes is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
Boxed meals, side dishes and more. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. In a large pot, cover potatoes with water and add a generous pinch of salt.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mashed potatoes using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mashed potatoes:
- Get 2 big potatoes
- Make ready 2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Take chicken stock
- Make ready 1/4 cup milk (plus more if needed)
- Prepare 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- Take 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Take 1/4 tsp lemon powder (optional)
This is a classic recipe, perfect for Thanksgiving, Easter, and everything in between! 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. Place potatoes in large saucepan; add enough water to cover.
Steps to make Mashed potatoes:
- 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)
- When potatoes are tender and done drain well from water set aside
- 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.
- Mash the potatoes with potato masher and add the milk to it during the mashing process to make sure the ingredients are well spread.
- If you like it creamy you can add a bit of milk to it and stir till creamy.
The Best Potatoes for Mashed Potatoes This is an easy mashed potato recipe but it's important to start with the right kind of potatoes. The best kind of potatoes for mashed potatoes are starchy potato, such as a Russet or Idaho potato is ideal, Yukon gold makes great mashed potatoes too. But mashed potatoes are labor-intensive, and on Thanksgiving Day, that's not necessarily an asset. The wonderful thing about these mashed potatoes is, they can be made ahead of time, then warmed in the oven when you're ready. This has made a world of difference in my Thanksgiving Day sanity, peace, blood pressure readings, and hormone levels.
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