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Crockpot Mashed Potatoes

A hands off crockpot recipe for thick and buttery mashed potatoes that will free your hands up to make other things. Sounds too good to be true doesn’t it? Well it isn’t.

Crockpot Mashed Potatoes

 

 

Since I’ve fallen in love with my crockpot, I’ve discovered there are a vast array of foods that can be made in a slow cooker beyond the standard pulled pork: lasagna, mac and cheese, peach cobbler, green bean casserole, and beer brats are a few of my favorites.

Crockpot Mashed Potatoes

This Crockpot Mashed Potatoes recipe is super easy and convenient. You don’t even have to drain the potatoes after they cook. You mash them right in the cooking liquid. I was skeptical before I tried the recipe. Wouldn’t they taste watery?

But they didn’t. Add in a stick of butter and some sour cream and you have creamy, rich, thick mashed potatoes.

The most time-consuming part of this recipe is peeling and slicing the potatoes into 1/4-inch rounds. Oh how I hate peeling potatoes! It doesn’t help that I always have to search every drawer in the kitchen 3 times before I find my vegetable peeler.

 

Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes

 

Brushing the tops of the potatoes with plenty of melted butter and placing a piece of parchment paper directly on them helps prevent the slices on top from discoloring. They will still discolor some, but not much and you won’t notice at all once you mash them.

Creamy Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes

After 4 hours in the crockpot, the potatoes will be perfectly tender. Mash them right in the pot and add in butter, sour cream, chives, and seasonings.

 

The best Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes

Once you’ve mashed the potatoes, you can leave them in the crockpot with the setting on warm for an hour or two until you are ready to serve them. That might be my favorite thing of all about the crockpot, because there’s no telling  when my teenage kids are going to be ready to eat. 😉

The best Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes

 

Crockpot Mashed Potatoes

Crockpot Mashed Potatoes

Easy and convenient mashed potatoes made in the crockpot.
PREP: 10 minutes
COOK: 4 hours
TOTAL: 4 hours 10 minutes
SERVINGS: 10

Ingredients

  • 5 pounds russet potatoes
  • 2 cups water
  • 3/4 cup chicken broth, can use all water
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 3 tablespoons salted butter, melted
  • 1 stick butter, cut into 1 tablespoon size pieces
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons minced chives
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground pepper

Instructions

  • Bring water, broth, and salt to boil in a small saucepan.
  • While that is coming to a boil, peel and slice the potatoes into 1/4-inch rounds. If water comes to a boil before you are done, just turn the heat down. You don't want to expose the potatoes to air for long once they are peeled because they will turn brown.
  • Place potato slices in the crockpot and pour boiling water mixture on top. Stir to coat potatoes.
  • Brush the potatoes on top with melted butter. Press a piece of parchment paper that is slightly larger than the crockpot on top of the potatoes and tuck edges down to hold in place.
  • Cover and cook on HIGH until all the potatoes are tender, about 4 hours.
  • Discard parchment paper. Sprinkle the butter pieces on top of the potatoes. Use a potato masher to mash potatoes until smooth.
  • Mix in the sour cream, chives, garlic powder, and pepper. Taste for seasoning and add extra salt if desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 305kcal
Author: Christin Mahrlig
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American

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Recipe Source: adapted from Cook’s Country (April/May 2014)

Disclosure: Spicy Southern Kitchen is an amazon.com affiliate.

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15 thoughts on “Crockpot Mashed Potatoes”

  1. These turned out perfectly. My family loved these mashed potatoes and honestly I think these will be my go to recipe now lol. Thanks for the recipe

  2. I put a little cream cheese in mine so they won’t harden. I prefer not to use the broth as it makes them lighter in color. I have no problems peelings potatoes. Takes me two minutes to peel them. Practice makes perfect.

  3. Just wanna pop by and say this has now become my go-to recipe for mashed potatoes! It’s so nice to be able to focus on making gravy, stew, etc and let this bake in the background. I’ve gotten lots of compliments on how these turn out.

  4. Definitely a southern dish! They looks delicious Christin, love mash potatoes, I think I could eat them at every meal. I stopped peel potatoes a long time ago, everyone in our family eats the skin anyway. Our family eats a lot of mash and baked potatoes as well as sweet potatoes too 🙂

  5. Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes)

    I have a serious potato addiction and now these are on my radar to make this weekend.

  6. Karen (Back Road Journal)

    I never would have thought of cooking potatoes in a crockpot. This would be a great idea when you have a large group for Thanksgiving and your stove and oven are overloaded with dishes being prepared.

    1. Christin
      Christin Mahrlig

      It definitely helps free up space on the stove 🙂 I really hate having more than a couple of things on the stove at once.

  7. I could eat a big bowl full of mashed potatoes for a meal and be perfectly happy. Yours look terrific!

  8. I make mashed potatoes with sour cream and butter, but I haven’t tried using stock. Thanks for the idea, I will try next time.

  9. Ruby @ The Ruby Red Apron

    I can’t believe there’s no draining involved! That’s my least favorite part. Thanks for sharing this recipe!

  10. You just reminded me that I should use more my crockpot…like the way the mashed potato turned out…
    Hope you are having a beautiful week Christin 😀

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