Creamy delicious mashed potatoes with homemade gravy in one pot? Yup, delicious! If you love the creamy goodness of mashed potatoes but hate all the work and clean up, you’ll love these potatoes! Pressure Cooker Mashed Potatoes with Homemade Gravy are the easiest and most delicious way to make yummy creamy potatoes that you will absolutely love!
Making Mashed Potatoes in the Instant Pot along with the gravy? Genius!
If you’re like me, you enjoy homemade meals during the spring and summer months, but try to avoid heating up the house at all costs, right?
These mashed potatoes are delicious with my fall off the bone Barbecued Pork Ribs – also made in the Instant Pot and finished off on the grill! Or… if you want to breakout your slow cooker serve up this Slow Cooker Roast Beef alongside… delicious!
Grill until the sauce on the ribs is caramelized!
How long do you cook the potatoes instant pot?
1 1/2 pounds of potatoes cook on steam in just 12 minutes! Then with a quick release you’ll be ready to mash the potatoes as soon as it’s ready to open.
How full can you fill the instant pot?
Never fill the IP above the max fill line. If you’re cooking liquids it should never be above two thirds full. This is for safety to ensure there is plenty of space to allow the pressure cooker to do it’s work.
Mashed Potatoes in Instant Pot with Homemade Gravy
Grocery List to make Mashed Potatoes in Instant Pot with Homemade Gravy
- 1 1/2 pounds Yukon Gold Potatoes
- one box stock
- cream or milk
- butter
- flour
I love how easy these are to make and I love that the entire process doesn’t heat up your house. Living in Fresno with temperatures in the triple digits for weeks at a time, heating up the house is a real issue! These come together in a snap for a couple of reason
- they are made in the pressure cooker (great time saver!!)
- you use Yukon gold potatoes or baby red potatoes. Why? Because you don’t need to peel either potato. Just give it a hefty scrubbing and they are ready. My personal preference is Yukon gold potatoes because I like the creamy texture, but no reason to buy something special – use what you have on hand.
- using pre-made stock as the base for steaming flavors the potatoes and you use the leftover liquid to make gravy right in the Instant Pot.
How easy is that?
Everyone loves mashed potatoes. They are a tasty and delicious side dish!
Steps to make Pressure Cooker Mashed Potatoes with Homemade Gravy
- Scrub and clean the potatoes well.
- Cut large potatoes into three pieces
- Add the potatoes to the pressure cooker.
- Add the stock
- Secure the lid. Press the steam setting and set the timer to 12 minutes.
- While the potatoes are cooking mash together butter and flour completely.
- When the timer goes off, remove the potatoes, strain and save the liquid.
- Mash the potatoes, seasoning with butter, cream
- Return the liquid to the pressure cooker. Change setting to sauté.
- When the liquid is boiling, quickly whisk in the butter/flour mixture. Whisk together until the liquid begins to thicken and continue cooking for about three minutes.
- Taste and adjust seasoning.
Done! The potatoes are creamy and delicious and using box stock makes a delicious gravy! Gotta love a simple meal!
Ok… a couple of great hints when you’re making mashed potatoes –
Don’t over mash them, this will cause the potatoes to become gummy. Adding warmed milk/butter also help keep them from getting sticky too!
What if you get all the way to the end and your gravy has lumps, do you throw it out? Of course not! Just run it thru a sieve to remove the lumps OR tell everyone that’s the way you like it! 😀 Hey life’s too short to sweat the small details, right?
I hope you enjoyed this recipe! I have a bunch more Instant Pot recipes on the blog that I’m sure you’ll enjoy and you can check it out here – Deb’s Pressure Cooker Recipes
Pressure Cooker Mashed Potatoes
Pressure Cooker Mashed Potatoes
Creamy delicious mashed potatoes with homemade gravy in one pot? You bet and these are delicious! If you love the creamy goodness of mashed potatoes but hate all the work and clean up, you'll love these potatoes! Pressure Cooker Mashed Potatoes with Homemade Gravy are the easiest and most delicious way to make yummy creamy potatoes that you will absolutely love!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds Yukon Gold Potatoes
- 4 cups stock
- 4 tbsp butter divided
- 1/4 cup milk or cream
- 2 tbsp flour
- salt and pepper to tast
Instructions
Scrub and clean the potatoes well. Cut large potatoes into three pieces and add the potatoes to the pressure cooker.
Add the stock. Secure the lid of the pressure cooker. Press the steam setting and set the timer to 12 minutes.
While the potatoes are cooking mash together 2 tablespoon butter and 2 tablespoons flour. Make sure it's completely creamy - no lumps!
When the timer goes off, remove the potatoes, strain and save the liquid.
Warm the milk/cream and butter mixture slightly. Just enough to get the butter to melt and the dairy warmed up.
Mash the potatoes, seasoning with butter and warmed cream. Salt and pepper to taste.
Return the liquid to the pressure cooker. Change setting to sauté. When the liquid is boiling, quickly whisk in the butter/flour mixture. Whisk together until the liquid begins to thicken and continue cooking for about three minutes. Whisking frequently.
Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve and enjoy!
Want more Instant Pot Potatoes recipes?
How to cook fully baked potatoes in the Instant Pot – A Mindful Mom
Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes Recipe – Skinny Taste
The Best Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes Recipes – Pinch of Yum
Oh, I LOVE this recipe! I got a multi-cooker and I HAVE to make these potatoes! My boys love mashed potatoes and this recipe is so easy and time-savvy! LOVE IT!!!
Soooo yummy, the boys will love it and you’ll love how easy it is to make!! Thanks Liza!!
Nice job with this Instant Pot standard. We use our Instant Pot weekly and will definitely be making these pressure cooker mashed potatoes soon! Thanks for another fantastic post.
Yes the IP is a game changer, I’m so glad you like this recipe Dan!
Having an Instant Pot has been one of the best investments! So simple to use and the food is delicious. Mashed potatoes are pure comfort food around here and now they’ll take minutes to make, plus that delicious gravy sauce can be poured over dishes like meatloaf!
Mmmmm…..meatloaf! What a great idea – I need t make a meatloaf in the IP!!
Mashed potatoes are pure comfort food. I haven’t tried to make them in my IP yet? That will chage this week!
You definitely need to use the IP for potatoes, you’ll love them Michaela!!
I cant believe I can have real mashed potatoes in about 15 minutes… Pressure cooking is such a time saving method to use and with real food not all the processed ingredients too!
Exactly – I hope you give these a try Michele!
I love how you break down all the steps and being able to spoon creamy and delicious mashed potatoes in my mouth is such a short amount of time! I have an old school pressure cooker so I think I need to invest in a new-fangled electric one!
Hey, I thought I was the last pressure cooker hold out?!! 🙂 Seriously though, I love mine, I bet you will too!