Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes
on Dec 15, 2020, Updated Nov 21, 2024
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This Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes is better than anything you’ve ever had! With all the tips and tricks we’ve included, you’ll be able to nail the best mashed potatoes this holiday season ✨
Imagine the creamiest, most buttery-soft mashed potatoes you can. Now imagine that infused with warm, and fragrant garlic butter – that’s this creamy garlic mashed potato for you!
These garlic mashed potatoes are light, fluffy, garlicky, and SO yummy! It’s THE ultimate comfort food and such a good side dish for roasted meats, spicy gravies, or even roasted vegetables.
This recipe tastes exactly like the stuff they serve at restaurants. And there’s one specific step which makes it restaurant style – how the potatoes are mashed. That velvety smooth texture is to die for! So let’s jump right into it…
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Steps To Make Garlic Mashed Potatoes
There are three main steps to make garlic mashed potatoes. I’ve explained how and why to follow these steps exactly as given.
- Cut of the Potatoes: Peel the potatoes and cut them in approx 1.5 inch pieces. If the pieces are too big, they won’t cook through and if too small, they’ll cook too fast and start breaking down in the water while boiling.
- Boiling the Potatoes: Add the potatoes to room temperature water (and not boiling like we do for pasta). Adding potatoes to boiling water will only cook the exterior of the pieces and it won’t cook through fast enough.
- Season: Don’t forget to season the potatoes with salt!
- Check for doneness: To check if the potatoes are done, mash a piece of potato with a fork. It should be fork tender and get mashed easily.
- Sieving the Potatoes: Pass the cooked potatoes through a medium-sized sieve instead of one with very small pores. As smaller the pores, the more strength needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ideally, Yukon Gold or russet potatoes work best for this recipe, but we don’t have them in India. However, the best hack for that is to use old potatoes rather than new ones. That’s because new potatoes have more water content than old potatoes, so they’re foamy, crumbly, and make for a lumpy and bland mashed potatoes.
While you technically can and this may seem like a more convenient method, I would not recommend it. A stand mixer can overwork the potatoes and make them lose the desired consistency. Sieving potatoes might seem like a tiresome step at first, but the satin smooth texture and creaminess of the mashed potatoes is to die for. Most restaurants use the sieve method to get that creamy irresistible mash!
Infusing Butter and Garlic
For that steakhouse style mash, take normal mashed potatoes up a notch by infusing oodles of butter and roasted garlic. We do this by:
- Adding minced or grated garlic to butter and heating them together gently (without burning the butter or garlic).
- Then, add milk to the pan and simmer for a few minutes.
This infuses the garlic flavour in both butter and milk which results in a beautiful flavour that’s consistent through the mashed potatoes.This is totally a guilty pleasure kinda recipe! So, DO NOT skimp on the butter!!
Richa’a Top Tips
- You can adjust the consistency of the mash to your liking and make a thicker creamy mash or a loose creamy mash. This depends on how much milk you add. Milk and cream add so much richness to the mash that every bite is supremely satisfying.
- Sieve the boiled potatoes while they are still hot. This makes it easy to mash potatoes
- Use a fork or a spatula while sieving
- Use full fat butter, cream and milk
- Keep an eye when heating the garlic butter infusion as it tends to burn VERY easily.
Simple Topping Ideas
- Season with freshly ground pepper
- Add in a bit of thyme or rosemary for a beautiful flavor and aroma
- Minced onions for a lovely sharpness
- Garnish with chopped parsley for an earthy freshness
Got some leftover mash? Turn it into these fun and cheesy Leftover Mashed Potato Ham Cakes!
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Ingredients
- 550 grams Potatoes, Yukon Gold or Old potatoes
- 4 cups Water
- 3 tablespoons Butter
- 2 tablespoons Garlic, minced
- 1 ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ cup Milk
- 2 tablespoon Cream
Instructions
- Add the water, salt and potatoes to a pot. Bring to a boil and cook for 25-30 minutes on medium heat until the potatoes are fully cooked and can be mashed easily with a fork. Strain the potatoes well.
- while the potatoes are cooking, in a heavy bottomed saucepan on a low flame, add the butter and garlic and lightly cook them, be sure not to burn the butter or the garlic. After about a 1 minute, add milk and stir to combine. Cook for 1 minute and remove from heat.
- Sieve the potatoes while you add the milk mix. Use a thick sieve so that the potatoes mash and sieve easily. Ensure that the potatoes are creamy and smooth. Season with more salt if necessary.
- Top it off some extra butter cubes and chopped parsley. Serve hot immediately!
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creamy garlic mashed potato i every tried amazing it is mouth watering.i am going to try this thanks a lot.
Follow this recipe to the T and believe me, you’ll get the best mashed potatoes. I’ve made this over and over again after my first attempt. It’s a little hard work, but definitely worth it.
So glad you liked it!
The best ever mashed potatoes you will ever make. Must try! Made this as a side dish with the whole roast chicken also by Richa.
Thanks so so much Shivangi!