Sour Cream and Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Sour cream & garlic mashed potatoes

4
Points®
Total Time
42 min
Prep
7 min
Cook
35 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
The delicious potatoes taste super indulgent thanks to our cooking trick. In place of butter, we reserve the cooking water from the potatoes to reincorporate during the mashing. The starchy water has tons of flavor from the garlic and potatoes and makes the potatoes perfectly creamy. A little sour cream adds some zing and richness. Try these for your next holiday gathering or alongside grilled pork tenderloin or chicken breasts on a weeknight. The majority of the 42 minute cooking time in hands-free making more time for other dishes to come together. Adults and kids alike will ask for seconds of these tasty spuds. Add some color and more flavor with a sprinkle of chopped fresh parsley or snipped fresh chives.

Ingredients

Uncooked potato

1¼ pound(s), (about 4) russet variety, peeled and chopped

Garlic

5 clove(s), peeled

Reduced fat sour cream

3 Tbsp

Olive oil

1 Tbsp

Table salt

tsp

Black pepper

tsp, freshly ground

Fresh parsley

1 tsp, chopped, for garnish (optional)

Instructions

  1. Combine the potatoes and garlic in a large saucepan; add enough water to cover. Bring the potatoes to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer until the potatoes are tender, 20–30 minutes. Drain, reserving 3⁄4 cup of the cooking liquid.
  2. Mash the potatoes and garlic in the saucepan. Stir in the sour cream, oil, salt, and pepper. Gradually stir in enough of the cooking liquid, 2 or 3 tablespoons at a time, until the potatoes become creamy. Garnish with parsley, if using.
  3. Yields about 3/4 cup per serving.

Notes

The trick to keeping the fat grams in check while maintaining the creamy consistency is adding some of the liquid the potatoes cook in, instead of butter, when mashing.Sprinkle the potatoes with 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley or snipped fresh chives.