Simple Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes Recipe
These rich and creamy Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes Recipe take your favorite comfort food up a notch with a swirl of nutty, toasted butter. With only 5 ingredients and tips to keep them from ever turning gummy, they’re perfect for weeknights, weekends, or holiday feasts like Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 333kcal
Equipment
- 8 quart pot
- hand held beaters
Ingredients
- 3 lbs potatoes russet, red, or golden (about 10-12 medium size), cut into 1-1.5 size pieces
- 8 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup milk warmed plus additional if needed
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Add cut potatoes to a large pot and fill with water. Use your hand to vigorously swish to release any starch. Drain the potatoes in a colander and rinse well with fresh water. Place the potatoes back in the pot and cover with fresh water.3 lbs potatoes
- Bring pot to a gentle boil, uncovered. Cook until the potatoes are super tender. This can take anywhere from 15-25 minutes depending on the size of potatoes.
- While the potatoes are simmering, brown butter in a skillet until deeply golden brown. For step by step instructions see how to brown butter. Once the foam has subsided and the butter is the desired color, remove from heat.8 tablespoon butter
- Once the potatoes are tender, drain into a colander. Shake vigorously, removing as much water as possible. Add potatoes back to hot pot. Allow potatoes to sit uncovered for 5 minutes.
- Pour in the butter, salt, and pepper. Using hand held beaters that have not been turned on, manually mash the potatoes, mixing in the butter and seasonings. Taste mixture to see if it is well seasoned. If not adjust according to taste.1 cup milk, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, ¼ teaspoon pepper
- Once they are flavored how you like them, turn on the hand beaters and mix until the potatoes are mostly mashed and only small chunks of potatoes remain. Pour in one cup of milk. Adjust with more milk until desired consistency is reached.
Notes
Tips & Tricks
- Potatoes are a little bit finicky. There is no exact way to say how much liquid potatoes will need in order to achieve smoothness. Once the milk goes in, watch carefully. If it begins to look too gummy or thick, stop. Add in some more milk and slowly beat until they are the perfect creaminess.
- If you want a really smooth look like pictured, peel the potatoes first.
- Rinse well, boil in clean water, don't add milk until the potatoes are half mashed and seasoned the way you want.
Nutrition
Calories: 333kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 537mg | Potassium: 1021mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 537IU | Vitamin C: 45mg | Calcium: 82mg | Iron: 2mg
