How to Boil Potatoes for Mashing
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How to Boil Potatoes for Mashing
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Ingredients
- 2 Russet potatoes fist size
- 1-3 tbsp salt
- 2-4 Cup water
Instructions
- Wash and Peel your potatoes.
- Cut your potatoes into even chunks. The smaller the chunk the less time they will take to cook and vice versa.
- Fill your pot with enough water to cover the potatoes by 2 inches.
- Add salt
- Transfer the potatoes to the water.
- Place the pot on the stove and turn the stove to medium high heat.
- Allow the potatoes to cook for 15-20 minutes. The potatoes are fully cooked when you can easily pass a fork through the potatoe.
Notes
- Choose fresh potatoes. Fresh potatoes will not have wrinkles on the skin and the eyes will not be grown out.
- Remove any bad spots from the potato when you cut it up.
- Cut into the most even sized pieces possible to allow for even cooking.
- The potato is done when you can easily pass a fork through the potato.
- It takes a lot of salt in the water to season the potatoes.
- Don't rinse your potatoes after removing them from the water, you want that starch on the potatoes.
- If you are using yukon gold or red potatoes, you do not have to remove the skins as these skins are very thin and mash up easily but they will be visible in the end product.
- Russets have a thicker skin and so you want to remove all of that before cooking.
- The smaller size chunks that you cut your potatoes into, the quicker they will cook.
- Wash your potatoes whether you plan to leave the skin on or not. Potatoes often arrive somewhat dirty to the store and you do not want that dirt in your mashed potatoes.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
0.5cup
Calories
84kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
19g
(6%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
1755mg
(73%)
Potassium
444mg
(13%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin C
6mg
(7%)
Calcium
17mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 84 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 0.5cup | |
| Calories | 84kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 19g | 6% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 1755mg | 73% |
| Potassium | 444mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 6mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 17mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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