Stephen's Mashed Potatoes With Chive Cream Cheese
"This is a friend's recipe. We had it served with flavorful pork tenderloin and it was great! Stephen is from England and so I say "cheers" for this nice side dish!"
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- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 1 1⁄4 lbs potatoes, washed, peeled, quartered
- 2 1⁄2 cups water
- 3 chicken bouillon cubes
- 1⁄4 cup cream cheese with chives
- 5 garlic cloves, peeled
- butter, as needed to taste
- half-and-half, as needed to taste
- salt, to taste
directions
- Place potatoes in a large saucepan and add the water, bouillon cubes and garlic.
- Bring pot to a boil; reduce heat and cover.
- Cook for 20-25 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- Drain; reserving the cooking liquid.
- Mash potatoes and add the cream cheese.
- Blend well.
- Gradually beat in enough reserved cooking liquid to make potatoes light and fluffy.
- If you like, you can add butter and/or half and half.
- Serve immediately.
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Excellent flavors. I didn't use a bit of the butter or half-and-half, only the chicken broth liquid. Great way to cut calories on a favorite recipe. I used a fat-free low sodium chicken broth since I didn't have any bouillon cubes and used just enough to cover the potatoes. Also used a chive and onion cream cheese since that was what I could find. I think it would take more than 1 1/4 lbs of potatoes to feed 6-8 people also. You can bet I'll be making these again and again. Thanks oolala :) Made for the Side special in Photo Forum :)
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