Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes are rich and creamy and so easy to make! Making mashed potatoes has never been quicker or tasted better than these Instant Pot mashed potatoes ready in 20 minutes!
I am completely obsessed with how creamy and delicious these mashed potatoes turned out in my instant pot. I have been wanting to try mashed potatoes in my pressure cooker for a while now. Because, mashed potatoes are obviously one of the most delicious side dishes on the planet, but, I don't always feel like cooking them on a weeknight when we are busy. Now, I can have mashed potatoes ready in about 20 minutes and everyone absolutely loved them!
Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes:
Making mashed potatoes in the instant pot starts out just a simple and easy as if you were making mashed potatoes on the stove like my reader favorite Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes.
You'll start out with three pounds of potatoes. This is about 6 medium potatoes total. Go ahead and peel them. I haven't tried this recipe leaving the skin on the potatoes because we prefer ours without skin.
Next, simply slice the potatoes into large rounds. For me, this came out to about 4-5 round slices per potato. There is no reason to spend time cutting them into cubes. You'll then cover them completely in water which will be about 4-5 cups depending on what size of instant pot you're using. The picture below shows the potato rounds in my 8 quart instant pot.
After the potatoes are covered in the water you will add ½ teaspoon of salt. This is just enough salt to flavor the potatoes while they cook without being overwhelming.
Then, that's it for now! Go ahead and place the lid on your instant pot. Set the valve to sealed and cook on manual for 8 minutes. Keep in mind that it will take about 8-10 minutes for the pot to come to pressure.
Once the timer goes off you can quick release the pressure from your pot. You will need to drain the potatoes and then return them to the instant pot with the power off.
Then, simply add in the remaining salt, pepper, garlic powder, butter, milk, and sour cream. The garlic powder is, of course, optional, but, we really love that extra bit of flavor in our mashed potatoes!
You can mash these up with a standard potato masher if you wish. Or, you can mash then whip them with a hand-held mixer which is what I love to do!
After your potatoes are mashed you are set to go and eat! Make sure to taste and double check the seasoning. I have listed the amounts to our preference, but, you may prefer to add more. Always season to your own taste.
Enjoy!
~Nichole
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Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
- 3 Pounds Potatoes 6 medium, Peeled and Sliced
- Water to Cover Potatoes About 4-5 cups
- 2 Teaspoons Salt Divided
- ¼ Cup Butter
- ¼ Cup Sour Cream
- ¼ Cup Milk
- ½ Teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ½ Teaspoon Pepper
Instructions
- Place the peeled and sliced potatoes into the bottom of the instant pot.
- Cover with water and add 1 teaspoon of salt.
- Place the lid on the instant pot and set the valve to seal.
- Cook on manual pressure for 8 minutes.
- When the timer goes off, turn the instant pot off.
- Quick release the pressure from the pot.
- Drain the potatoes and return to the instant pot.
- Add the remaining salt, pepper, garlic powder, butter, milk and sour cream to the potatoes. Mash until smooth.
- Serve topped with parsley if desired.
Use chicken broth instead of water. Game changer.
Where has this been all my life?
Absolute BEST instapot mashed potato recipe! It is my absolute go to every single time. I have a son with some issues that roll over into food preferences and such and this is his absolute favorite mashed potato recipe. (i know, its just potatoes but there are several recipes i have made in the instapot that his disliked!) SO EASY!
I’m able to cook a lot of great food from around the world, but a simple yet delicious mashed potato recipe has eluded me until now! Thank you for this great recipe. I will print it out and make it again and again!
Great recipe. I can't believe I never made mashed potatoes in an Instant Pot before. This recipe was so easy and came out perfect.
Thank you! This is now my go to recipe for mashed potatoes
Perfect mashed potatoes in the instapot. Loved the recipe. This will be my go to for mashed potatoes.
So good! I have made these numerous times. My question is I have to make a big batch. What is the maximum amount of pounds I can put in an 8 qt instapot? And best potatoes? for a creamy sensation LOL 😉
I used 6 lbs of gold whole potatoes and stacked them on top of each other using the trivet .
If I do 5-6 pounds of potatoes, how do i change the amount of cook time?
you shouldn't need to change the cook time. it will take longer to come to pressure with more food volume (and it is cooking when it is coming to pressure) be aware it will take longer to prepare with more potatoes
Accidentally was in a rush and left my trivet in my Instant Pot when I made this the other day. Some of my potatoes weren’t cooked all the way. I assume you should NOT have the trivet in the pot? Otherwise, the cooked potatoes were delicious! Thanks!
I googled instant pot mashed potatoes and thought yours was the clearest recipe.
The potatoes were PERFECT!
I made them exactly as described, with thick slices.
Thank you so much for making my Thanksgiving a little bit easier
Made these to go with my thanksgiving dinner and they were SO EASY and turned out amazing!! Followed the recipe exactly and the hubby was so impressed! Will definitely be making these again! ?
OMG..too easy for thanksgiving..thankfully. I left the skins on, drained and mixed right in the pot
Made these for the first time—and they are ahh-mazing! They taste (almost) like my grandma’s mashed taters! I will definitely save this recipe for future holidays and when I have a mashed potatoes craving!
Way faster (and nearly the same tastiness) as my old school method. I did a mini-event Sunday to test them. It’s the LAST thing I worked on for today’s event. Stressless Spuds!
Just made these for thanksgiving dinner! AmazIng texture and flavor! So quick and easy to make! Thank you
We left the skins on and tried to double the recipe to six pounds...had to remove some of the potatoes due to the "NoPr" message. After I fixed that, the potatoes ended up perfect!
Just made these potatoes for thanksgiving and they came out perfect and super delicious. This will now be my go-to recipe for mashed potatoes. Thank you for the easy recipe!
Just made these with 4+1/2 lb potatoes. Added 5+1/2 cups water. Cooked for 12 minutes. So creamy and wonderful!
My instant pot says high medium or low. You don’t specify type of pressure. I have the older model should I put on high?
High will work! 🙂
I put mine on high for 8 minutes, and they come out perfect. They pretty much mash themselves.
I just made this with my Instant Pot set to high and it turned out delicious!
Almost all recipes for instapot is at high pressure unless otherwise specified.
Always high
I’m not the author, but yes. Whenever you see and Instant Pot recipe online, assume high pressure unless it says otherwise.
Probably go with high, on my (2019) instant pot it defaults to high pressure for all recipes