CrockPot Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

With sour cream and cream cheese mixed in, these Crock Pot mashed potatoes are delicious, rich, and creamy. Thanks to the slow cooker, they are easy to make ahead and simply heat on the holiday morning - couldn't be easier!

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Total Time 4 50

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Calories 174 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

3 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes cubed
2 quarts chicken broth
4 oz cream cheese softened
4 oz low fat sour cream or Greek yogurt
3 oz evaporated skim milk ½ of a small can
2 tablespoons butter
1 small onion diced fine
Salt & pepper to taste
Milk & butter

Instructions

Stovetop instructions (use the Crockpot to heat/keep warm)

Add the diced potatoes to a large pot of water or chicken broth. Bring to a boil and cook until fork tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and mash.
In the meantime, sauté the diced onion in 2 tablespoons of butter in a small skillet until onion is translucent and beginning to brown. If you skip this step, the onions will be crunchy in your finished potatoes, and nobody wants crunchy onions in their potatoes.
In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream, evaporated milk, cooked onion, salt, and black pepper until blended. Add mixture to mashed potatoes and mix well.
Transfer mashed potato mixture to the crock pot. We use a 6-quart crock pot, and the potatoes half fill it.
Can be cooked on low up to 4 hours or on the keep warm setting for longer. Re-moisten with milk and butter if needed.

Crockpot only instructions

Add the potatoes to the slow cooker with plenty of chicken broth to cover them.
Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours. Drain the broth from the potatoes and mash right in the crockpot.
Sauté the diced onion in 2 tablespoons of butter in a small skillet until onion is translucent and beginning to brown. If you skip this step, the onions will be crunchy in your finished potatoes, and nobody wants crunchy potatoes.
In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream, evaporated milk, cooked onion, salt, and pepper until blended. Add to mashed potatoes in the slow cooker, mix well, and cover with the lid.
Can be cooked on low an additional 4 hours or use the keep warm setting for longer. Re-moisten with milk and butter as needed.

Notes

Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes are part of my pre-planned holiday meal in How to Host a Stress-Free Holiday Meal, an ebook available now in my shop. It will hold your hand through the planning process and do everything for you except cook the food! It includes recipes, shopping lists, a list of necessary tools, pots, and pans, and even ideas for setting the table.

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