Garlic & Leek Mashed Potato Recipe
This recipe will elevate your traditional mashed potato recipe to the next level! Don't be afraid to cook with leeks. They have wonderful flavors and taste like a mild onion. Combining leeks with potatoes is the combination you never knew you needed! Enjoy!
Servings: 4
Calories: 179kcal
Equipment
- 1 Colander
Ingredients
- 2-3 Pounds Russet potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 4 cups Chicken Broth
- 4 tbsp Butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 3 tbsp Sour Cream
- 1 tbsp Roasted Garlic (optional)
- 1 Leek, cleaned, sliced
- Salt and Pepper to Taste
Instructions
- Clean, peel and quarter potatoes. Place potatoes in a pot and pour in 4 cups of chicken broth (or enough chicken broth to cover the potatoes). Sprinkle in salt. Bring to boil. Upon boil, reduce heat and allow potatoes to cook until tender.
- While potatoes are cooking, wash and chop leeks. Only the white to light green portion (bottom portion) of the leek should be used for this recipe. In a separate sauce pan, melt 1 tbsp of butter, sauté leeks in butter until soft. Optionally you can add 1 tbsp of minced garlic to the sauce pan (I used roasted garlic). Slowly stir milk into the sauce pan, add salt and pepper to taste. Turn off heat upon simmer.
- Once potatoes are tender, strain cooked potatoes through a colander. Place strained potatoes into a mixing bowl or back in the original pot. Use a potato masher or run potatoes through a potato ricer into a mixing bowl or pot. Add 3 tbsp of room temperature butter before adding your warm cream mixture to ensure all fat flavors are evenly distributed throughout the potatoes. Mix.
- After mixing, add 2 tbsp of sour cream and gradually stir in your warm garlic leek milk mixture. Continue to add warm milk mixture until desired consistency is reached. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve warm and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 179kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 11mg | Potassium: 946mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 2mg