Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, mashed potatoes. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

mashed potatoes is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. mashed potatoes is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. In a large pot, cover potatoes with water and add a generous pinch of salt. Drain and return potatoes to pot.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have mashed potatoes using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make mashed potatoes:

1. Take 8 each potatoes
2. Take 1/2 cup butter
3. Make ready 1/2 cup sour cream
4. Get 1 1/2 tsp black pepper
5. Get 1 tsp salt
6. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
7. Get 1 tsp onion powder

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. 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.

Steps to make mashed potatoes:

1. Set a medium pot of hot water to boil, add a couple dashes of salt if u like
2. Peel potatoes then dice or chop (u can cut into halves but the smaller u chop them the faster they soften, I chop into about 1inch cubes)
3. Rinse potatoes then put into the pot of hot water. Let them boil till a fork can sink into them. Boil time depends on how small u chopped them
4. Strain out all water and return to empty pot or whatever bowl or mixing bowl u plan on serving in
5. Add butter and sour cream then blend with hand mixer till well blended
6. Add salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder. Continue blending till potatoes are as creamy or whipped until u like. Add more seasoning to taste, everybody has their own flavor preference :)
7. Pile high on ur plate and go Godzilla on it!

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. In a large skillet, saute onion in butter until tender.

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