Can red potatoes be used to make mashed potatoes?!
Can red potatoes be used to make mashed potatoes?
We have some red potatoes in the house that are left over from making potato salad. I want to make homemade mashed potatoes, but have only used regular white potatoes in the past. Will red potatoes work too, or should I just buy a bag of regular potatoes?
Answers:
I'd go with white. Red potatoes will work in a pinch, but they'll turn out gooey. You can mix them in, though.
Or cut them into pieces, microwave them, and serve them as a side dish.
Yeppers, a lot of time they aren't mashed completly and they're called "smashed" and people tend to leave the peels on.
Here's a recipe for Galic Mashed Red Taters from allrecipes.com
8 medium red potatoes, quartered
3 cloves garlic, peeled
2 tablespoons butter or stick margarine
1/2 cup fat-free milk, warmed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
DIRECTIONS
Place potatoes and garlic in a large saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until the potatoes are very tender. Drain well. Add the butter, milk and salt; mash. Stir in Parmesan cheese.
yes it can
yes, they can be used. they're delicious actually
Red taters are just fine when making mashed taters.
They make good mashed potatoes, you can leave the skin on and have a little color in them, or peel them and cook them.
I prefer red potatoes for potato salad too.
red potatoes will work just as well
Yes they will work. just make them like you would normally make mashed potatoes
I like using the Red Potatoes for mashed.
Leave the skin on, tastes great!!!!!!!!!
Just had some last night (leftover), they were soooooo good.
Wish I would have bought some w/ me for lunch today!
Red potatoes make the best mashed potatoes!
Leave the skins on for extra flavor. Add salt and pepper before you mash them. Add butter or sour cream while you mash them. Maybe a pinch of garlic?
They turn out very creamy and sweet.
Enjoy!
Yeppers! My family loves them too. I leave the skins on, just cut them into chunks- lil salt, lil butter, sour cream and chives, use a potato "smasher" and add just a lil but of milk. Very yummy!!!!
I love using them, actually better than russets for mash
Leave the skin on and if you have it, use a block of Philadelphia cream cheese in place of butter slice up some scallions and add to it a couple of splashes of milk till its the consistency you like. Smash em up. Salt and pepper to taste. We call these Pims at my house
Yes, use them to make mashed potatoes.
yes you can make mash potatoes with red potatoes
Yes, you can. However, the best potatoes to maked mashed potatoes out of are old potatoes...more starch. Boil the new ones and use them for salad, but try to use the old potatoes with the thicker skins for mashed...they just have a better consistency. And the very best of all are Yukon Gold...they are rich and creamy tasting...
Absolutely!
RED NEW POTATOES MASHED
2 lbs. sm. red potatoes, quartered, skins on
1/2 c. heavy cream
1 stick butter
1 tsp. Kosher salt
Place potatoes in a saucepan adding enough water to cover them by 1 inch. Bring to a boil; lower heat and simmer until potatoes are soft, about 15 minutes. Drain potatoes in a colander and return them to the saucepan over very low heat.
Coarsely mash the potatoes with an old fashioned masher or 2 large forks, gradually adding the heavy cream and butter. Consistency should NOT be smooth, but a little lumpy. Stir in salt up to 1 teaspoon or just enough to suit your taste. Serve piping hot. Serves 6.
yep, acctualy for holidays my mom goes out and buys red potatoes even if she has regs. and yeah...a little bit of the skins left give it some good texture
Red Bliss Potatoes make the most creamiest mashed potatoes out of all of the varieties of potatoes.
You can absolutely use red potatos for mashing! i would peel them most of the way but leave a few strips for color and a "rustic" homemade appearance, and after plating up in a serving platter, sprinkle the top with chives.
That's all I use for mashed potatoes. I leave the skins on too. Just don't boil them as long though, they tend to cook much quicker than regular potatoes.
Yes they can be used to make mashers.
Here's my personal recipie for the best mashers. (My family loves them)
1) Bring a sauce pan with water (about 1/2 full) to a boil.
Add about a good 2 pinches of salt (when the water boils)
mean while cut your potatoes in half or quarters.
When water boils add the potatoes and let them cook til fork tender.
2) drain them and leave about 1/2 of water in the sauce pan with the potatoes.
3) Take another small sauce pan and add about 1 1/2 cup of chicken stock or broth which ever you'd like.
4) Add 2-3 cloves of garlic and bring to a boil with broth.
cook intil garlic is tender.
5) Add only the stock to the potatoes slowly while mashing the potatoes.
6) Also slowly add about 1/2 a stick of butter and 1/2 cup of warm milk while mashing the potatoes.
7) Add about 1 table spoon of pepper or as much as you'd like
8) Taste and add more butter, pepper or sea salt (garlic salt if your'd like) You can also add a little Chives to top it off
9) Serve immediately.
Make sure to add your ingredients slowly and pay attention to the consistency of the potatoes. You don't want them too dry or too mushy.