The Best Way to Reheat Cold Mashed Potatoes - CHOW Tip

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So it's Thanksgiving and you've messed up your timing. Your turkey is still in the oven cooking but now your mashed potatoes are getting cold. You don't want to put them on the stovetop because they're going to get all scorched and burned on the bottom and you can't use the microwave because it heats unevenly. What you want to do is use a hot water bath. Take a large pot. Fill it with water. Bring it to a boil. Take it off the heat. Put your pot of mashed potatoes inside. Stir those mashed potatoes up and they'll heat nice and slowly. They'll stay hot as long as your water's hot.

[Nicole-bjdv]

Yes Rachel Ray said this too. Thank you. Making second day mashed potatoes for my senior parents with smothered pork chops.

[hotpeachesable]

thanks for the tip. only regret: i wish i had found you last year :)

[KristaNicholas]

i literally bout to reheat some refrigerated mash and did my search....u popped up! Thanks for the Tip hun!

[ScofaUK]

With a copper pot ( like the ones used in pressure cookers ) works brilliantly.

[AntiGravityC]

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[frankschannel]

Thank you so mucj om so drunk i needed help i literally forget gow to regeat mash poptates

[domdabombabc]

@mjulianstudios That's why you cover it.

[CrashGames]

@CHOW I have a 26 inch oven and I can fit a 16lb turkey and another 9x13 pan under it.

[kobalt]

Amy, you have made my day. I recently binned my Teflon pans ( do the research folks) and got stainless steel ones. Great except when I heat up mash potatoes, they stick, the I have to scrape the pan, and the mash is never as warm as it should be. I will definitely try this. Thank you so much. PS And well done keeping it at 35 seconds, perfect .

[MRSketch]

I guess it make sense when you think about it.

[KeromorV]

Just use a pressure cooker, time it right and your fine and if not put the lid on stay warm, perfect!

[jojococoa]

the microwave works just fine the next day. but i can understand the day of that a water bath would be better.

[senoramariposa]

Here's an even better tip: Don't even cook the potatoes until the turkey is out of the oven. It'll have to 'rest' for a good 15 minutes before carving, and that will be enough time to cook, drain and mash the spuds.

[Deminator]

@CHOW Instead of water can I use dorritos consomme?

[KWITNESS]

When are you going to make these videos playable on phones?

[neurocosm]

I like burned mashed potatoes. its like a giant tater tot.

[lureyourkidsinvan]

Can you guys go back to making bad tips, I miss the funny comments. That was the best part of coming here.

[enoh]

How is this better than using a microwave?

[omgsothatsmatt]

@domdabombabc You're freaking awesome if you can get CHOW to reply to you,

[jtking]

This was a very helpful video and the young lady was very pleasant but I gave it a thumbs down because I want to know the best ways to reheat cold potatoes, not room temp potatoes. Good simple short advice, misleading title.