In my opinion, you can never go wrong with mashed potatoes, especially if there’s garlic involved. Serve your potatoes alongside other delicious side dishes such as roasted green beans and squash casserole, then watch the rave reviews come in!
Garlic Mashed Potatoes Ingredients
To make these creamy garlic mashed potatoes you will need potatoes, butter, garlic, cream, parsley, salt and black pepper. These potatoes are a perfect side dish recipe for everyday dinners or holiday feasts. Serve these potatoes with Thanksgiving recipe favorites like Cajun turkey, cranberry salad or sauteed green beans.
How Do You Make Garlic Mashed Potatoes?
It is surprisingly easy to make the creamiest and fluffiest garlic mashed potatoes. Just boil peeled and chopped potatoes in a large pot for a few minutes until they are tender. Drain the water from the pot leaving the potatoes in the pot. Make a savory garlic sauce by melting butter and cooking some minced garlic cloves in that butter. That garlic and butter goes in with the potatoes. Pour in a little heavy cream and mash those potatoes until they are smooth. Add a little salt and pepper and serve the potatoes with chopped parsley on top.
Tips For Garlic Mashed Potatoes
The easiest way to mash potatoes is with a potato masher. If you want super smooth potatoes, you can also try using a potato ricer. Another alternative is you can beat your potatoes with a hand mixer. Be sure not to mash your potatoes in the food processor. If you try it that way, you’ll end up with gluey potatoes that aren’t pleasant to eat. Mashed potatoes can be made up to 2 days in advance and reheated on the stovetop or in a covered casserole dish in the oven.
Flavor Variations
These potatoes are savory and delicious as-is; however, you can customize these potatoes to your taste.
Peel: You can make this dish with the peel on the potatoes for extra texture and flavor. However, if you keep the peel you shouldn’t use a ricer to mash your potatoes. Rosemary: Bring extra flavor to you mashed potatoes by cooking two sprigs of rosemary with your garlic and butter. Then remove the rosemary sprigs before adding the butter to the potatoes. Chives: Feel free to sprinkle sliced chives on top of your potatoes. If you want chives throughout the potatoes, simply mix in 1/3 cup of sliced chives after you mash the potatoes. Cheesy: Add 8 ounces of softened cream cheese cubes to make your potatoes creamy and cheesy. You could also stir into the hot mashed potatoes a cup of shredded cheddar cheese. Stir until the cheese melts.
This recipe makes it easy to serve creamy and fluffy garlic mashed potatoes. If you want mashed potatoes that will wow your crowd, these potatoes are for you.
