Better Mashed Potatoes
From daddydoug 14 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 4
A nurse showed me her way of making a single serving of mashed potatoes for a sick child. They tasted so much better and more potato-ey that I started doing them this way all the time. They retain all the flavor that normally gets boiled out of them, and they take less time to make.
Ingredients
- Several russet potatoes, about one medium one per person. shopping list
- 2 tsp butter per potato shopping list
- 1/3 cup milk per potato shopping list
- 1/4 tsp salt per potato shopping list
How to make it
- Poke potatoes several times with a fork and microwave 5 minutes, then flip over and nuke about 3 minutes more. Exact timing depends on your microwave and number of potatoes. Overcooking them is better than undercooking in this case.
- Run each potato under cold water for about 10 seconds, twisting it a little to loosen the skin.
- Slice in half lengthwise and use a soup spoon to scoop the insides into a big bowl. The potatoes are very hot and can be difficult to hold in your hand -- sometimes I use a pot holder. Sometimes it's possible to slip most of the skin off instead of scooping.
- Add butter, milk and salt.
- Mash them right in the bowl with a potato masher, or a fork if you're only making one potato. Add more milk and salt as needed for texture and taste.
- Mound them up nicely and nuke again 30-60 seconds just before serving. I like mashed potatoes served nice and steaming, with a little bit of butter melting over them.
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Reviewed by 2 people-
that's genius, mash without all the messing about peeling, boiling, straining and mashing.
hypnos
in Lincoln loved it
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This was so easy and wonderful for one person! Great one bowl recipe. Thanks for posting this. I added my picture. More in IMI
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