Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes – As Easy as One, Two, Three!
Includes Video!
Ever wondered how you can make cooking mashed potatoes easier? The drag of standing in front of the stove and having to baby the potatoes as they boil? The amount of time that it takes to make the potatoes while having to also pay attention to other things that need to be made at the same time? Well, Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes is really easy and not that hard to do! I will tell you how!
Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes start by washing, peeling and cutting the potatoes. Once that’s done, you can add it to the Instant Pot, cover it with water, and boil it for a third of the time it would take to boil the potatoes on the stove. The added benefit of this is….. you can walk away!
The joy of making Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes is that it takes the effort away completely. It’s a simple cut, throw in, throw in water and come back when it’s ready. You save time by doing other things while it’s going.
How do I make Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes in a Frugal and Affordable way?
A frugal tip for Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes is to look at different prices. Shop around, by looking online instead of driving to different stores. Sometimes, one store will have their potatoes cheaper than another.
Another tip is to buy no name butter, and freeze it. If you freeze your butter, it will last longer, and that way, if you only need a little bit, you won’t be letting butter sit in your fridge and go off, because you didn’t use it on time.
How I make the Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
If you are wondering how to do Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes, the recipe is below:
Ingredients:
- 4-6 Medium potatoes
- Water
- Butter (1 stick)
- 1/2 Cup of milk
- Salt to taste
Method:
- Wash, peel and cut the potatoes
- Add the potatoes to the Instant Pot
- Cover the potatoes with water until just covered
- Seal the valve and set the Instant Pot to 8 minutes on Pressure Cook High
- Once it is done, release the steam, drain the remaining water and mash the potatoes.
- Add a stick of butter, cut up
- Once the butter is melted, gradually add the milk to the mashed potatoes in the Instant Pot until it looks fluffy.
- Don’t forget to add the salt
And there you have it. Quick and easy Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes!
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