This is the last week in the slow cooker serious! What do you think? Have you found any new recipes you’ll be trying soon?? I sure hope so! Maybe you can even add today’s post for slow cooker roasted garlic mashed potatoes to the list, yum yum!!
Ingredients
6-8 idaho potatoes, small to medium size
6 Tbls butter
1/4 Cup sour cream
3-5 cloves roasted garlic
salt and pepper
Directions
Clean and scrub the potatoes under cold water. Add them to your slow cooker. Prep garlic for roasted garlic like I did in this post except for putting it in the oven, place it on top of the poatotes in the slow cooker.
Place the lid on top and cook on high for 5-7 hours. Check them after 5 hours by stabbing the largest potato with a fork or skewer. Then the fork is inserted with no resistance they are done. Take the potatoes out of the cooker, but leave the garlic inside.
Take the peels off the potatoes, you can easily do this by scraping the outside with a fork but be careful they are extremely hot!
With the unpeeled potatoes in a bowl, add the butter and sour cream. Mash with the back of a fork or with a potato masher until it is the consistency you prefer. Season with salt and pepper to your taste. Take the garlic pouch out of the cooker and mash 3-5 cloves of garlic, add this to the potatoes until it is the level of garlic you like. Put all this back in the slow cooker on the keep warm setting until you’re ready to serve.
This recipe is especially great because you can keep the mashed potatoes warm when you’re finishing the rest of your meal!
- 6-8 idaho potatoes, small to medium size
- 6 Tbls butter
- ¼ Cup sour cream
- 3-5 cloves roasted garlic
- salt and pepper
- Clean and scrub the potatoes under cold water. Add them to your slow cooker. Prep garlic for roasted garlic like I did in the how to: roasted garlic post, except for putting it in the oven, place it on top of the potatoes in the slow cooker. Place the lid on top and cook on high for 5-7 hours.
- Check them after 5 hours by stabbing the largest potato with a fork or skewer. Then the fork is inserted with no resistance they are done.
- Take the potatoes out of the cooker, but leave the garlic inside.
- Take the peels off the potatoes, you can easily do this by scraping the outside with a fork but be careful they are extremely hot!
- With the unpeeled potatoes in a bowl, add the butter and sour cream. Mash with the back of a fork or with a potato masher until it is the consistency you prefer. Season with salt and pepper to your taste.
- Take the garlic pouch out of the cooker and mash 3-5 cloves of garlic, add this to the potatoes until it is the level of garlic you like.
- Put all this back in the slow cooker on the keep warm setting until you’re ready to serve.
I hope you enjoyed this post and the slow cooker series, make sure to come back next week you never know what we might have up our sleeve for you!
See Parrish’s recipe by clicking the image below:
Make sure to check out the previous week’s recipes in the slow cooker series!
Swedish Meatballs | Pork Tacos | Chinese Hacked Pork
Sticky BBQ Chicken | Ginger Chicken | Pesto Chicken Salad
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I have never tried Crock Pot mashed potatoes-this looks so easy! I will have to try! Thanks!
I love this idea! I never would have thought to cook mashed potatoes in the slow cooker. This would be especially great during the holidays when the oven and stovetop are already occupied with other dishes!
I love cooking potatoes in the crock pot. I foil wrap potatoes to place my ribs over top in the crock pot. Thanks for sharing at Simple Supper Tuesday.
Dana,
Yum! I love that you made mashed potatoes out of baked. I’ve never done that, but I will now!
Pinned, thanks for sharing on Tuesday Trivia.
Wanda Ann @ Memories by the Mile
The last time I tried to cook potatoes in my slow cooker was an utter fail but you are giving me the courage to try again–I mean, if mashed potatoes with garlic are waiting for me at the end, it has to be worth it!
I have never cooked potatoes in my crock pot. Do you just put them in the crockpot without any liquid? Will they burn?
No liquid at all, they won’t burn as long as you don’t cook them too long. Stick to the time frame I said in the post and you will be good to go! BUT, since potatoes vary in size the time might vary a little bit, so make sure to poke them with the fork or skewer. Thanks for stopping by!
Stopping by from Sugar and Spice. These look delicious and are being pinned now. http://talenttoplay.blogspot.com
I’ve never tried this but it looks easy and delicious. Thanks for sharing with us at our Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop.
Angel
I never thought to cook mashed potatoes in a slow cooker. Just wondering, have you ever cooked them this way without the peelings? – visiting from the blog hop (juggling Real Food and Life)
I haven’t tried it without the peels. I’m super lazy and HATE peeling potatoes, I think the peels help to protect the insides as well while in the crock pot. Going to be honest, not sure if that would work or not, they might get scorched with no peels.
These look yummy!
Dana, these sound SO good. I love garlic mashed potatoes, but I normally just buy the instant ones that only take a couple of minutes to make because I have never known how to make homemade garlic mashed potatoes. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe, I will absolutely be trying it out! Thank you for linking up to Thrifty Thursday.
We make our mashed potatoes in the crock pot for every holiday now! It’s the easiest side dish and you can add so many yummy flavors, like garlic! 🙂 I’ve enjoyed all your slow cooker posts these last few weeks! Thanks again for linking up with Let’s Get Real!
You are brilliant Dana! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe with our Let’s Get Real readers. I have baked potatoes in my crock, but never thought of turning them into mashed potatoes. I don’t have enough time during the week to make mashed potatoes, but now I do. And……….with roasted garlic. I am over the moon excited to give this a try.
Yum, these look great, I’m pinning them for sure! Thanks for sharing the recipe at my link party!
What a neat way to make mashed potatoes. Thanks for sharing this techinque with us on foodie friday.
Dana, these potatoes look luscious! I want to make them! I just popped over from RealFood Fridays, and enjoy your link. I’d love to have you drop by and visit me sometime at http://www.kneadedcreations.com Deb @ Kneaded Creations
Oh my goodness this looks awesome! I have some extra potatoes and I was needing a good recipe for them….looks like I found my answer!
Would you mind to link this up to my Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop? This would make an awesome addition to our collection. Thank you!
I’m drooling. I love garlic AND I love mashed potatoes. I must try these!
That sounds delicious
These look absolutely delicious, and I love how easy they are to make in your slow cooker! 🙂
Thank you for sharing at Marvelous Mondays this week!
Dana, this looks fantastic. I love roasted garlic (I would probably use more) in everything. Always great not to have to boil the potatoes. I’ve never used the slow cooker for potatoes but I have to try now. Thanks for posting on Great Idea Thursdays.
I love garlic! This looks good!
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Great recipe! We all love more easy slow cooker recipes! Thanks for sharing it at my weekly linky party at Crystal&Comp. I have shared with my facebook page and pinned it!
Great idea! I have never thought to cook potatoes in the crockpot before.
Thanks for sharing at the Pinworthy Projects Party.
These would be perfect on Thanksgiving one less thing to worry about making! I love this recipe
This looks amazing! Can’t wait to make these potatoes.
Thanks so much for sharing at the Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop! Have a great day!
Katie
Garlic and potatoes. Oh Yess! This sounds great.
We would love to have you share with us at our weekly Super Saturday Link Party. http://www.madefrompinterest.net/2013/10/super-saturday-link-party-13/ Your recipes and ideas would be a hit with our crowd. It would be our honor to have you join us!
I made these for dinner tonight and they were AWESOME! Using the crock pot really helped to keep our apartment much cooler, which is nice for the summer months. Plus, peeling this way was much easier than I expected. Thanks again!
YAY, so glad this worked out for you. You made my morning! 🙂