How to Cook Perfect Cheesy Mashed Potatoes

Cheesy Mashed Potatoes.

You can cook Cheesy Mashed Potatoes using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Cheesy Mashed Potatoes

1. It's 2.5 pounds of russet potatoes.
2. Prepare 3-4 cloves of garlic minced.
3. Prepare of Chicken broth.
4. It's 1 of and 3/4 cups heavy cream.
5. Prepare 1 stick of butter cut into 8 pieces.
6. It's 2 tsp of black pepper.
7. You need 1 tsp of salt.
8. It's 1 of and 1/4 cups Four Cheese Blend (see picture. Or substitute cheese of your choice).

Cheesy Mashed Potatoes step by step

1. Peel potatoes and cut into smaller pieces. Put in a large pot, cover with water and soak for one hour to remove starch. Drain water and cover potatoes with about a 50:50 mixture of water and chicken broth. You can also use all water and drop in chicken cubes. Add garlic to the pot. Cover pot and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Cook until fork soft, about 30 minutes..
2. Pour contents into a strainer to drain off liquid. Using a ricer, (see picture) rice the potatoes and garlic into a dry pan..
3. Heat potato on low heat for 5 minutes to dry potatoes. Heat heavy cream and gently stir into potatoes. Add salt, pepper and butter. Finally, stir in the cheese. Potatoes are very different so if they look too dry add more heated cream. Taste potatoes and add salt and pepper as needed..