How to Make Homemade Mashed Potatoes

Homemade mashed potatoes are a great side for any meal. Country fried steak, meatloaf, pork chops or chicken all work with mashed potatoes.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 pounds potatoes (6 medium potatoes)
• 1/3 to 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• salt & pepper to taste
• Hand mixer

1. Start out the process by getting the potatoes ready to boil. Wash each potato off and remove all dirt. At this point, using a knife, thinly pare and remove all buds. Rinse all potatoes again. Cut into large pieces.

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   Heat 2 inches of salted water to a boil. One tbsp. salt per 1 cup of water. At boiling point, add potatoes. Carefully. Cover and heat to boiling; reduce heat. At this point, you can add some butter in with the water. The butter will soak into the potatoes as they are cooking. Cook until tender, 20-25 minutes. Drain well

3. Pour potatoes in a study bowl, add salt & pepper to taste, a little butter and a little milk. With hand mixer on low, begin to mash potatoes. Adding a little milk to make potatoes fluffy.

4. Some people like their mashed potatoes lumpy or maybe smooth. While using the hand mixer, you can decided which one you like and adjust the amount of time you mix.

Tips & Warnings

• Throw several dots of butter on top of potatoes after they are mixed
• Sprinkle with paprika, snipped parsley or chives
• Makes 5 servings
• Shredded Cheddar cheese can be mixed in at the very end
• Be careful when boiling potatoes, there is a lot of steam.

Resources

• *** HOMEMADE COUNTRY FRIED STEAK***

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on 11/8/2008 I love homemade mashed potatoes. Great article!

[Felicity]

on 10/26/2008 Nice potato recipe, yum! Thanks.