24 March, 2022
Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes, Dad’s Way
Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes, Dad’s Way
Ingredients
- 1 cup of water
- ½ cup of butter
- 1½ tsp. kosher salt
- ½ tsp. pepper
- ½ cup of milk
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2½ lbs. Yukon gold potatoes, washed, peeled, and cut into cubes
Instructions
- Pour 1 cup of water into the bottom of the Instant Pot. Add potatoes into a steamer basket and lower the steamer basket into the instant pot.
- Cover the Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure the valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 10 mins. When the time is up allow the pot to sit for 5-10 minutes then move the valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Remove the steamer basket, dump out the liquid in the bottom of the instant pot, then dump the potatoes into the bottom of the pot.
- Add in the butter and allow the heat from the potatoes to melt it.
- Add in the salt and pepper.
- Mash the potatoes until creamy.
- Stir in the milk and sour cream.