Spiced Smoky Mashed Potatoes

"From Cooking Pleasures magazine. I used the lesser amount of chipotle powder and these were spicy enough for me."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Peel garlic. Smash 4 of the cloves and mince the 2 remaining cloves.
  • Place potatoes and smashed garlic in large saucepan, adding enough water to cover by an inch. Add 1 tsp salt and bring to a boil.
  • Boil gently over medium heat for 20 to 25 minutes or until potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork. Drain well.
  • Meanwhile, melt butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add minced garlic and chipotle powder. Cook 30 to 60 seconds until fragrant.
  • Bring milk to a simmer over medium heat in small saucepan. Keep warm.
  • Return potatoes to large saucepan and cook over medium low heat 1 to 2 minutes or until excess moisture evaporates, shaking pan as the potatoes heat. Potatoes will look dull and not moist.
  • Mash potatoes with a masher until coarsely mashed.
  • Add butter mixture and slowly stir in milk.
  • Add sour cream, remaining 1/2 tsp salt and pepper.
  • Stir vigorously to fluff.

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Reviews

  1. This is very good, and has a fantastic rounded flavor. I used a mix of yukon golds and an heirloom pink potato, so my mashed potatoes were definitely kind of pinkish-tinged. My family doesn't appreciate spicy heat, so for them I mixed in smoked paprika instead. For my own serving, I sprinkled ground chipotle pepper on top and snapped the picture before mixing it in. Delicious! This is a flavor combination I will remember, and use again. Thanks, bobo3039! Made for PAC Fall 2008.
     
  2. This was such a nice change of pace! I didn't have dried chipotle powder on hand so I used ancho chili powder and a pinch of cayenne. I served this with pork chops and beets. I will definately make this again!
     
  3. Agree with the other comments - this was a wonderful alternative to ordinary 'smashed' potatoes. We had these tonite with carmelized onions, gravy & pork chops and it was absolutely delish! A keeper!
     
  4. Delicious!!!! I cut back the butter a bit, omitted the sour cream because I didn't have any, and used a bit more milk, salt and pepper. Soooo good...who needs gravy? Went well with a southwestern meatloaf and caramelized roasted balsamic onions. Thanks for posting, will definitely make again. These would be great with something off the grill because of the matched smoky flavor.
     
  5. FANTABULOUS! These potatoes are so flavourful!! I left out the sour cream & used skim milk so I didn't have to run out to the store & still found them to be quite rich. I used the 1/2 tsp of chipotle & was happy with the amount of heat. These take a little bit of extra work but it is definitely worth it!!
     
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