Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes {Pressure Cooker Recipe}

Fluffy mashed potatoes in a white, square serving bowl with a pat of butter and fresh parley sprinkled on top.

These Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes are quick and easy to make, plus they’re fluffy and full of delicious flavor, making them the perfect side dish for a weeknight meal or holiday dinner.

Fluffy, golden mashed potatoes in a white serving bowl with butter and parsley sprinkled on top. Potatoes, chopped parsley, a serving spoon and the Instant Pot are in the background.

 

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Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

Yes, you can make fluffy, golden mashed potatoes right in your Instant Pot or pressure cooker and why wouldn’t you want too??

I love my Instant Pot because I can dump ingredients in for a recipe and then simply walk away until later. I don’t have to babysit a pot on the stove top or worry about it splattering and boiling over.

Making Mashed Potatoes in the Instant Pot is as easy as cooking your potatoes, adding the rest of your ingredients, mashing and boom, you’ve got a deliciously homemade side dish that everyone in your family is sure to love.

Of course, mashed potatoes is a classic Thanksgiving side dish and whipping them up in your Instant Pot is one way to lighten the load on such a busy day in the kitchen.

So grab your Instant Pot and get cooking. Let’s go!

How to Make Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes:

Place peeled and sliced potatoes into the bowl of the Instant Pot.

Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and cover potatoes with water.

Freshly sliced potatoes in the Instant Pot.

Place lid on Instant Pot and seal. Set to cook on “manual” or “pressure cook” for 8 minutes.

Carefully release the pressure with a “quick release.”

Drain the potatoes well and add them back into the bowl.

Press potatoes through a potato ricer or mash with a potato masher.

Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly, tasting to make sure your potatoes are salty and creamy enough before serving, if they are not add more sour cream or butter and salt.

Mashed potatoes in the Instant Pot with a spatula.

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Fluffy mashed potatoes in a white, square serving bowl with a pat of butter and fresh parley sprinkled on top.
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Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

Creamy mashed potatoes cooked in the pressure cooker.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Total Time18 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Servings: 10
Calories: 280kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 5 pounds russet potatoes scrubbed, peeled, and sliced into chunks
  • 2 teaspoons salt divided
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

  • Place peeled and sliced potatoes into the bowl of the Instant Pot.
  • Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and cover potatoes with water.
  • Place lid on Instant Pot and seal. Set to cook on “manual” or “pressure cook” for 8 minutes.
  • Carefully release the pressure with a “quick release.”
  • Drain the potatoes well and add them back into the bowl.
  • Press potatoes through a potato ricer or mash with a potato masher.
  • Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly, tasting to make sure your potatoes are salty and creamy enough before serving, if they are not add more sour cream or butter and salt.

Nutrition

Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 567mg | Potassium: 970mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 339IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 2mg

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