Sour cream and chive mashed potatoes

Sour cream mashed potatoes with butter and chives

Sour cream and chive mashed potatoes

Creamy sour cream and chive mashed potatoes recipe! Fluffy, whipped mashed potatoes with tangy sour cream and chives. Perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas!

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword christmas, holiday, thanksgiving, vegetarian

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 20

Total Time 40

Servings cups

Calories 437kcal

Author Trish Bozeman

Ingredients

8 cups cubed russet potatoes
water - enough to cover potatoes by 2"
8 Tablespoons butter 1 stick
1 cup sour cream
½ cup heavy whipping cream
1 cup finely chopped chives 1 ounce
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cracked pepper

Instructions

Place the cubed potatoes in a large pot and cover with cold water by 2 inches.
Bring the water to a boil and rapidly boil the potatoes until very tender and mashable, about 12 minutes.
Strain the potatoes through a colander.
While the potatoes are boiling, prep your stand mixer with a flat beater. Add the butter to the mixing bowl of the stand mixer.
Pour the hot, strained potatoes over the butter in your mixing bowl and let sit for about a minute to let the butter melt.
Lock the stand mixer and whip the potatoes on low just enough to mash them with the butter a bit. About 10 seconds.
Add the sour cream, heavy whipping cream, chives, salt, and pepper to the potatoes. Whip the potatoes on low at first, increasing the speed to medium and then high until they are light and fluffy. Check on these every 20 seconds to see if they are blended enough, as you don't want to over whip them.
Taste and whip in more salt and pepper if desired.

Notes

Cover the potatoes in cold water rather than hot water before boiling. This helps the potatoes cook evenly.
Bring the dairy out of the fridge to come to room temperature if you can. This will keep the potatoes hot!
Peel your potatoes for the fluffiest texture!
Cut the potato cubes in even cubes to ensure an even cook.
You can swap the sour cream for buttermilk and still get a tangy flavor.
Or swap the sour cream for cream cheese for richer mashed potatoes.
Don't over whip the potatoes or they will become gummy.
If you don't have a stand mixer, you can mash the potatoes by hand! It's more work, but it works.

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