Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Creamy garlic mashed potatoes are the perfect side dish for your next gathering! Always fluffy, never gummy, these creamy potatoes are mashed with butter, sour cream, and plenty of garlic and come together with minimal effort and only a few pantry staples.

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[Silvervette]

A tip from Alton Brown; after you peel and cut the potatoes, put them in cold water and set in the refrigerator for a few hours. The starch will rise to the top and you can skim all the starch out of the water. The potatoes will always be fluffy!!!

[hk]

The first time I ever made mashed potatoes was a couple of years ago, and I followed John's older garlic mashed potatoes recipe. It was good. I added cheddar cheese in mine to make it extra comforting. And I'm not ashamed to say, I ate the whole thing myself, albeit in two sittings. I rarely eat mashed potatoes so I didn't mind the indulgence😊

[claraK]

I love that you explain the little details of how things can go wrong. I didn’t know half of the details you talked about. I’m so glad I watched this before I started.

[margaretdusel]

Thank you for acknowledging texture issues. I’m 68 and still have them. This looks yummy

[MustardSeedish]

My dad was one of ten kids so box mashed potatoes was what he was raised with. My mom always made mashed potatoes with texture to assure him they were the real thing. This looks delicious! I especially like the way to showed us how to get all the excess moisture out.

[draperphotography]

This is one of the best cooking tutorials I've seen. Your onscreen presence is perfect~ likable, relaxed, not trying to be funny or cute, and easy to follow instructions. Thank you. Keep up the great work!

[islandgal]

I love that...' live in a house of texture issues'. I felt that. Have trouble with eating a lot of things like cottage cheese for instance. Same as for tomatoes - love the tomato sauces but hate tomato chunks in anything and certainly never sliced. I know I am missing out on a lot, but I'm too old to change. It is enough for me to eat these same foods in a different 'texture'.

[enjoy]

Mashed potatoes and gravy are my favorite comfort food.

[nancyharman]

Looks fabulous!!! I might mention one additional step that I discovered quite by accident when I dropped a pan of raw potato pieces on the floor before boiling them. I had to thoroughly rinse the potatoes before adding water to cook. As a result of that rinse, the excess starch was removed from the cut sides, and the typical gray scum did not form on the surface of the water as the potatoes boiled! I've been rinsing my potato pieces ever since! 😄

[abstutheit]

“The House of Texture Issues” sounds like an art film!

[lolaottinger]

My son loves potatoes and always has, mashed are his favorite and also his daughters favorite. We enjoy garlic mashed potatoes and I also love mashed potatoes with horseradish! It’s the bomb. A great little club in Dallas served rare roast beef and horseradish mashed potatoes at their happy hour from time to time. Pure comfort food. By the way John, at holidays I generally peel and prepare at least ten pounds of potatoes, if we have guest then I will make even more! Talk about KP!

[joanderson]

Ha, I just peeled a pot of potatoes, AND I happen to have a new braid of garlic bulbs! Just waiting for the pork roast to fall apart in the slow Thanks, John

[jeffhatmaker]

Thanks for the video. I learned a few things about mashed potatoes. The re-heating tip was interesting and I didn't know you could freeze them. BTW, I sous vide my potoes with garlic and cream in the vacuum sealed bag and mash them with my hand before i open the sealed bag. Please try it, it is delicious.

[Roamie]

In Denmark we have a dish that's mashed potatoes topped with bacon and caramelized onions. It's called "brændende kærlighed" which means burning love :)
Thanks as always for a great recipe ;)

[katiewright]

A word to the wise — something I just discovered this year.
Get yourself a potato ricer!
You don’t have to peel the potatoes - I just cut them up into quarters, steam them until Fork tender, , and press them through the ricer with the skin on, and they come out beautifully fluffy, and magically self-peeled!
Best mashed potatoes ever! 👍

[PatriciaJohnson-ruml]

I just love every details that you give. I never knew you should heat up the milk. Thank you!

[meenha]

Omg I had this on once in my life at a very expensive restaurant in California, husband had a voucher for that restaurant, since it was mother's day, I took mom, even as expensive as that Italian restaurant was, we ordered loads of food and a garlic pizza to take home. I never could duplicate that garlic mash Potatoes again. I'm deffo trying this on the weekend ❤❤❤❤❤

[colleencox]

Yum! Been making mashed potatoes like this for years. So much flavor ❤

[evileva]

There is not a potato I don’t love. I don’t eat a lot of them, but I love potatoes.

[kathryn]

Made these for Thanksgiving I decided to use a potato ricer. They came out amazing! This is the first Mashed Potato recipe my Mom has said she enjoyed.