Creamy Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

mashed potatoes in a bowl topped with salt and pepper

Creamy Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

Easy, creamy, and delicious mashed potatoes in the slow cooker. Hints of garlic, butter, and sour cream really bring these mashed potatoes to the next level.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword slow cooker mashed potatoes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 4

Total Time 4 15

Servings servings

Calories 180kcal

Author Tanya

Ingredients

5 pounds Russet Potatoes Peeled and chopped into 1-inch chunks
3 cups Chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon Garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon Onion powder
8 tablespoons Unsalted butter
1/2 cup Sour cream
Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions

Add potatoes, chicken broth, garlic powder, onion powder, and unsalted butter to a 6-quart slow cooker
Cover and cook on the high setting for 4 hours or on the low setting for 8 hours, until the potatoes are tender.
Open the lid and mash the potatoes with a fine potato masher, until mashed and creamy. You can also use an electric mixer to beat the potatoes until whipped and smooth. The potatoes will thicken while mashing.
Stir in sour cream, salt, and pepper.
Serve and enjoy.

Notes

Feel free to leave the skin on the potatoes if you prefer.
The potatoes will have a lot of liquid in the slow cooker when you take the lid off, this is expected. Immediately mash the potatoes. The potatoes will soak up the excess liquid.
Keep the mashed potatoes on the warm setting until ready to serve.

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