Name: Pressure Cooker Mashed Potatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6 servings
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

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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!

A serving of mashed potatoes on a white plate. There's homemade gravy being poured on top of the potatoes along with a blue bowl filled with mashed potatoes off to the side. Mashed Potatoes in Instant Pot with Homemade Gravy - instant pot mashed potatoes with gravy

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 made in the Instant Pot with a side serving of gravy. The potatoes are topped with a pat of butter. Mashed Potatoes in Instant Pot with Homemade Gravy - instant pot mashed potatoes with homemade gravy

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?

A blue casserole dish filled with Mashed Potatoes made in Instant Pot - Instant pot mashed potatoes

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