Slow Cooker Sour Cream and Onion Mashed Potatoes

Slow Cooker Sour Cream and Onion Mashed Potatoes are a great variation of mashed potatoes. A tasty potato recipe that goes with almost any main dish. Crock pot sour cream onion mashed potatoes are a favorite side dish recipe!

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Slow Cooker Sour Cream Onion Mashed Potatoes

Mashed potatoes are one of the best side dishes! There are so many ways to flavor them to compliment your meal. Today's recipe has a nice onion vibe.

I wouldn't say that these mashed potatoes taste like sour cream & onion potato chips, but the general flavor does lean that way. Though much less salty!

What I like about this crock pot mashed potatoes recipe is that I can set them up and walk away and get stuff done. No need to watch a boiling pot.

Which Slow Cooker Should I Get?

• In my opinion, from having used many slow cookers over the years, a programmable slow cooker is the best option.
• You can set the time in smaller increments than 1 hour. So if the chicken takes 2.5 hours, you can program for that amount of time.
• If you set your food to cook for 4 hours and need to leave to run an errand, what happens if you are late getting back? The food may burn or be overcooked.
• If your slow cooker has a "Keep Warm" setting that automatically kicks on after the cook time has ended, You can come back to food that isn't burned.
• Could it still overcook? Yes, depending on what you have in there and how late you are getting back. But it won't be nearly as bad as if it was left on either the High or Low cook setting!

Great Programmable Slow Cookers

The steps to make Slow Cooker Sour Cream and Onion Mashed Potatoes are so easy:

Add the potatoes, onion, garlic, and some salt to the crock. Cover with water and cook until the potatoes are tender.

Then drain them and add back into the crock.

Add some butter and the seasonings and mash up the potatoes with a potato masher (if using a masher, remove the garlic if you can find it as it will be in large pieces).

You can use a hand mixer if you like a smoother consistency.

Add the sour cream and mix it in well.

This is a good time to take a taste and adjust the salt or other seasonings before the next step.

Add the green onion and the chives to the crock and stir in. You can use more or less to your taste.

Serve hot with your meal. Add some extra butter, or a little milk if you like your mashed potatoes creamier.

You can make these slow cooker mashed potatoes ahead of time, then put the lid back on the slow cooker and turn on the keep warm setting until it's time to serve them.

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If you make these delicious crock pot onion mashed potatoes, please leave a comment with a star rating below. I would like to know what you thought of this recipe!

Slow Cooker Sour Cream Onion Mashed Potatoes

Slow Cooker Sour Cream Onion Mashed Potatoes are a delicious potato side dish recipe. With creamy potatoes mashed with onion, sour cream, and seasonings.

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Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: crock pot mashed potatoes with onion, crock pot potatoes

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 4 hours hours

Total Time: 4 hours hours 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 8

Calories: 261kcal

Author: Sandy Clifton

Equipment

• Slow Cooker
• Potato Masher

Ingredients

• 5 lbs Yukon Gold Potatoes peeled and cubed
• 1 large Sweet Onion diced
• 2 cloves garlic smashed
• 3 teaspoons Kosher Salt divided
• ½ teaspoon Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Onion Powder
• ½ cup Salted Butter
• 2 cups Sour Cream
• ½ cup Green Onions sliced
• ¼ cup Chopped Chives

Instructions

• Add the potatoes, diced onion, garlic, and 1 teaspoon of the salt to the crock.
• Add just enough cool water to cover them.
• Cook on High for 3-4 hours, or Low 6-8 hours, or until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork.
• Carefully drain the potatoes and add them back into the crock. Remove the garlic and discard.
• Add the butter, 2 tsp of remaining Kosher salt (or 1 1/4 tsp table salt), pepper, and onion powder. Mash with a potato masher and stir well.
• Add the sour cream. Stir.
• Add the green onion and chives and stir well.
• If not as creamy as you'd like, add some more butter or milk, or more sour cream. Whatever you like.
• Serve hot.

Nutrition

Calories: 261kcal

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