Pressure Cooker Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes {Whipped Potatoes too}

These smooth, fluffy, yet creamy Pressure Cooker Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes, are steamed to perfection and ready to eat in under 30 minutes.

Pressure Cooker Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

Steaming the Potatoes, instead of boiling them in Water will take your ordinary Mashed Potatoes to a new level.  No more standing over a stove with a fork, waiting until your boiled Potatoes are just right.  No more water logged Potatoes!  The days of boiling water, adding Potatoes and then poking with a fork to check for doneness are over!  Steaming Potatoes in a Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot, Power Pressure Cooker, GoWise, are all Multi-cookers and are Pressure Cookers) yields a nice and dry Potato.  The perfect base to make fluffy and creamy Mashed Potatoes or Smashed Potatoes or Whipped Potatoes!  Baked Mashed too!

Cast of Ingredients for Pressure Cooker Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

Potatoes are one of my favorite foods to eat, in all forms.  It is also one of the only types of food, where I add Salt to taste.  I use Salt sparingly when I cook.  Potatoes, Eggs and Rice, are the three types of food, where I do like to have a little bit of a salty taste.

If you would to make Pressure Cooker Garlic Mashed Potatoes, just add a couple cloves of peeled Garlic in with the Quartered Potatoes.  If you have a picky kid or adult (as do I) and want to hide a vegetable, add in some raw Cauliflower and then mash it with the Steamed Potatoes.

For my favorite take on Pressure Cooker Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes, try my Healthy Pressure Cooker Potato Carrot Mash.  The carrots add such a nice color, but best of all, vegetables!  Half the calories of regular Mashed Potatoes and just as good, if not better taste (in my opinion).  Even my picky eater, loves the Potato Carrot Mash!  For special occasions and company, this Pressure Cooker Creamy Mashed Potatoes is oh my gosh, so friggin’ delicious.

Peel and Quarter the Potatoes

Depending on the size of your Potatoes, peel and quarter them.  If the Potatoes are huge, you will need to give them another cut.  They don’t need to be in small pieces, which is a big time saver!  If you like skin on your Potatoes, leave it on, if you like.

As you are peeling and cutting the Potatoes, place them in a big bowl with cool water to prevent them from turning Purplish Brown.  If you have the time and want to take your Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes up another notch, soak Raw Potatoes Chunks in the water for 30 minutes.  That will remove some of the excess starch.

Remove the Raw Potato Chunks and place them into a Strainer Basket.

Add Basket of Quartered Potatoes to Cooking Pot

The Strainer Basket will be placed on a Trivet above the water and the Potatoes will steam.  While the Potatoes are steaming, get your Milk/Cream and Butter out of the refrigerator, so they won’t be so cold.

Steamed Potatoes

Look closely at this photo.  The Potatoes are nice and firm, yet nicely cooked.  They are not falling apart or mushy.  If this photo does not convince you that Steaming Potatoes in a Pressure Cooker is the way to go, I don’t know what will.  Sure, you can steam Potatoes on the Stove, but you would have to hang out with them, until they are done.  While they are steaming in the Pressure Cooker, you can go take a shower, wash the kid, set the dinner table, etc.

Mash the Fluffy Potatoes

You will notice that when you Mash the Steamed Potatoes, the Potatoes are dry and fluffy and not wet and mushed.  The taste will be pure Potato, not watered down Potatoes!  Use a Potato Masher or Fork to Mash the PLAIN Potatoes, while hot.  Not everyone agrees with me, but in my opinion, order matters.  If you have used Garlic Cloves, mash them up with the Potatoes

Milk, Half & Half, Cream, all Work Well

Pour in about half of the Milk and mash the Potatoes with the Milk.  Amount of milk is a personal preference, as are the Butter and Salt.  Remember, you can always add more Milk, Butter and Salt, but you can’t take away.  Mix the Potatoes with the Milk until they are just a bit firmer than you like, as the Butter will further thin the Potatoes.  Add more Milk as needed.  Add in the Salt and mix through.  Start with a little Butter and add more as needed.  Once plated, people can add more Butter and Salt, so don’t go overboard.  🙂

The more you mix the Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes, the more smooth and Whipped they become.  Turn Mashed Potatoes into Instant Pot Whipped Potatoes, just by hand whipping or using a Hand Held Mixer.

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

Top with chopped Chives and a pat of Butter, if you like.  Sprinkle some Grated Cheese for Cheesy Mashed Potatoes!  Serve along side my Pressure Cooker Classic Pot Roast Dinner, Pressure Cooker Best Ever Meatloaf or any of my other delicious main courses.

Kitchen Equipment and Essentials

• Instant Pot DUO Plus 60
• J.A. Henckels Classic 7-inch Hollow Edge Santoku Knife
• Amco Advanced Performance 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
• Anchor Hocking Glass (Liquid) Measuring Cups
• Alpha Armour Salt Box with Spoon
• Alton Brown Salt Box
• John Boos Maple Cutting Board with Groove
• RSVP Stainless Steel Strainer Basket
• Stainless Steel Tall Legged Trivet
• 3.5 Quart Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl

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Pressure Cooker Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

7 mins

Total Time

22 mins

 

These smooth, fluffy, yet creamy Pressure Cooker Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes, are steamed to perfection and ready to eat in under 30 minutes.

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Servings: 6 servings

Author: Jill

Ingredients

• 2 lbs/908g Idaho Russet Potatoes peeled and quartered
• 1.5 cups Water
• 2 tsp/10g Sea Salt or to taste
• 1 cup/240ml Milk or Cream
• 1/4 cup/56g Butter

Add Ins

• 2 cloves Garlic peeled
• Cauliflower (to sneak in veggies)
• Fresh or Dried Chives for garnish

Instructions

1. Place Water and Trivet into Pressure Cooker cooking pot.  Place basket of quartered potatoes on top of Trivet.

2. Lock on Lid and close Pressure Valve.  Cook on High Pressure for 7 minutes.  When Beep sounds, allow a 10 minute Natural Pressure Release.

3. Remove Potatoes from cooking pot and place into Mixing Bowl.  Mash Potatoes and add milk, mashing/whipping as you go.  Add Salt and mix.  Add Butter and combine.  Taste and adjust as needed.  Top with Chives, if desired.

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Pressure Cooker Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes