Instant Pot Red Mashed Potatoes

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Making mashed potatoes in the Instant Pot is one of the easiest recipes we have made over the last few years. Instant Pot Red Mashed Potatoes is a simple and yet very straightforward recipe. The flavouring of your potatoes is personal thing and lots of choices with the types of potatoes you can choose from. From sweet potatoes, to Russets or Yukon Golds. Either adding cauliflower or garlic butter, the list is endless.

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes ALTERNATIVE recipes

This is a list of alternative or extra Instant Pot Red Mashed Potatoes you could try.

1. Garlic mashed potatoes: Add some garlic butter and then add garnish to suit
2. Mashed sweet potatoes: Sweet potatoes (Kumara if you live in some southern hemisphere countries), are softer than normal potatoes and need to be careful the amount of liquid you use.
3. Cauliflower mashed potatoes: Add the Cauliflower cut into smaller chunks at the same time as the potatoes and you can cut down the overall prep and cooking time.
4. Mashed sweet potato recipes: There are different types of sweet potato and just as above, the range in consistency and can make an awesome mash potato recipe.
5. Mashed Red potatoes: A little more waxy than the white potato recipes. Adding creamy
6. Creamy mashed potatoes: Creamy mashed potato recipes use cream cheese or any thick creams to make mashed potato recipe to suit your tastes.

how to make Instant Pot Red Mashed Potatoes

Making Instant Pot red mashed potatoes is very quick and simple and you’ll soon want to add it to all your meals once you seeing how delicious this turns out to be too! Plus, if you have a picky eater in your house, just ask them to take ONE bite of this, and then watch their eyes transform from critical to super wide with love!

Instant Pot Country Mashed Potatoes Ingredients

• 10 red potatoes; washed
• 1-1/2 cups water
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt

HOW TO MAKE THIs recipe

Wash and dice potatoes. Leave the skins on. Add them to the instant pot. Add one cup water.

Place the lid on the instant pot and set the valve to the sealed position.

Press pressure cook or manual button and set the time to 5 minutes. Once the instant pot stop counting release the pressure and remove the lid.

Add in margarine or butter, salt, and pepper. Mix well with hand mixer. Once it’s smooth it’s ready to be served.

This Instant Pot Red Mashed Potatoes Is A Quick Side Dish To Any Meal

We hope you enjoyed this recipe! You can turn your old boring mashed potatoes into a mashed potato masterpiece with this Instant Post red mashed potatoes recipe! Just remember, you can switch out the potatoes to use for this recipe and it will still be just as delicious!

Have you tried this recipe out? Let us know in the comments how it worked out!

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Yield: 6 to 8 Servings

Instant Pot Red Mashed Potatoes

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Cooking mashed potatoes will never be the same when it comes to taste as well as the process of making it in Instant Pot Recipe. Make sure to try this recipe.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 10 red potatoes; washed
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Wash and dice potatoes. Leave the skins on. Add them to the instant pot. Add one cup water.
2. Place the lid on the instant pot and set the valve to the sealed position. Press pressure cook or manual button and set the time to 5 minutes. Once the instant pot stop counting release the pressure and remove the lid.
3. Add in margarine or butter, salt, and pepper. Mix well with hand mixer. Once it's smooth it's ready to be served.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 512Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 414mgCarbohydrates: 98gFiber: 9gSugar: 7gProtein: 12g

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About Angela Milnes

Angela Milnes is a Qualified Early Years Teacher who has specialised in teaching. She has a wealth of experience teaching young children and adults. Angela has also taught cooking classes and loves to share both family recipes and easy instant pot recipes here on The Instant Pot Table. Follow her on Pinterest!