Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Easy Garlic Mashed potatoes

Easy Garlic Mashed potatoes. Place potatoes and garlic into a large saucepan full of cold water. Check potatoes for doneness by poking a few wedges with a fork or skewer--if still firm, cook another minute or two and check again. Drain, and place in a large bowl.

Butter and milk make these spuds extra smooth and silky, but the garlic is the real star of the show in the recipe. Place the potatoes, milk, broth, and garlic in a slow cooker, with the garlic sitting on top. Garlic mashed potatoes, to me anyways, is the bees knees, only topped by mashed potatoes smothered in delicious thanksgiving turkey gravy. You can have Easy Garlic Mashed potatoes using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Easy Garlic Mashed potatoes

1. Prepare 6 of medium peeled potatoes, cut into quarters.
2. You need Tsp of salt.
3. You need 1 stick of butter or margarine.
4. It's 1/2 cup of sour cream.
5. Prepare of Enough milk to thin potatoes to your taste, a splash at a time.
6. It's to taste of Salt and pepper.
7. Prepare 1 of tsp, more or less, garlic powder.

The only problem, however, is actually making truly garlicky, yet easy garlic mashed potatoes. Remove the outer layer of papery skin of the whole garlic head, leaving the head itself intact. The thing that I wish could go faster is the time it takes to roast the garlic, but if you start the potatoes about halfway through the garlic roasting, it won't seem like it takes all that long. Slice off the very top of the garlic head.

Easy Garlic Mashed potatoes step by step

1. Put chopped potatoes in a medium sauce pan and just cover with water. Add salt to the water and boil potatoes on medium heat til tender. About 20 minutes..
2. When tender, drain potatoes and return them to the pot, add the stick of butter, put the lid on and let it melt..
3. Once butter melts, I unlid and mash well with a potato masher. Add sour cream, salt, pepper, and garlic powder and mash some more. Add milk as needed, a splash at a time, until you get the consistency you want..
4. I add 1 tbsp of butter to melt on top and return the lid..

Drizzle head with olive oil and wrap in foil. Mashed potatoes + garlic + cheddar = Thanksgiving magic. A hint of garlic in these mashed potatoes takes it from ho-hum to absolutely scrumptious. Serve these cheesy mashed potatoes anytime of the year, from a family dinner to the Thanksgiving feast. Buttery Garlic Mashed Potatoes Buttery Garlic Mashed Potatoes.