Creamiest Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes

A bowl of Instant Pot garlic mashed potatoes topped with a melting butter slice, chopped parsley, and red pepper flakes. The dish is in a decorative blue and white bowl on a woven mat, with cherry tomatoes nearby.

Creamiest Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes

These Instant Pot garlic mashed potatoes are thick, creamy, and loaded with garlic, and they're done in 30 minutes. Eight whole garlic cloves pressure-cook right alongside 3 pounds of Yukon Gold potatoes. Then we stir in cream cheese and butter to make them rich. Making them in the Instant Pot is my personal favorite, and it frees up a burner.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Diet Gluten Free

Keyword potatoes

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 8

Approximate Time to Pressure/Pressure Release 12

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 242kcal

Author Wendy Polisi

Equipment

Instant Pot

Ingredients

3 pounds yellow potatoes
½ cup broth
8 cloves garlic peeled and smashed
¼ cup unsalted butter sliced and divided
2 teaspoons sea salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 ounces cream cheese cubed
2 tablespoons half and half plus more as needed

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Peel your potatoes and cut them into cubes. Pour the broth in the inner pot to your Instant Pot.
Add the potatoes, smashed garlic, 1 tablespoon of butter, salt, and pepper.
Place the lid on your Instant Pot and seal it. Set your Instant Pot to MANUAL HI pressure for 8 minutes.
When the time is up, do an instant release. Add the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter. Using a potato masher, mash the potatoes to the desired consistency.
Add the cream cheese and half and half and stir until the cheese is melted and fully incorporated.
Add more half and half as desired to reach the desired consistency.

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