Name: Easy Mashed Potatoes in Instant Pot
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2.5 lbs. potatoes (whole and peeled); 1/2 stick butter; 5 Tbsp. salt; 2 cups whole milk; green onions (for garnish); additional butter (for extra flavor); additional salt & pepper (to taste)

Make the BEST mashed potatoes recipe right in your pressure cooker! Our recipe for Easy Mashed Potatoes in Instant Pot results in buttery, creamy, and delicious instant mashed potatoes.

Total Time: 27 mins

Make the BEST mashed potatoes recipe right in your pressure cooker! Our recipe for Easy Mashed Potatoes in Instant Pot results in buttery, creamy, and delicious instant mashed potatoes. Plus, they are so easy to make in a snap! Perfect for all your favorite meals with mashed potatoes.

If you have yet to try pressure cooker mashed potatoes, or are simply looking for that perfect recipe, look no further! Try making mashed potatoes in instant pot with this easy, step-by-step guide. Instapot potatoes only take 12 minutes to cook!

Once you try instapot mashed potatoes, it’s hard to turn back to making them the traditional way. They’re that good!

slow cooker short ribs over a bed of mashed potatoes

I love a good mashed potatoes recipe, but sometimes, life just gets in the way of making mashed potatoes the traditional way. I love any dish you can make in one pot so there’s no worrying about what you have to clean up after! It saves so much time and energy you could put towards other things—like making a beef gravy to serve these with, for example. 😉

That’s part of what makes this instant pot mashed potatoes recipe so great: not only do the mashed potatoes taste amazing and take hardly any time to cook (less than 15 minutes, even!), but the only pot you have to clean is your instant pot. What could be better than that?

How long to boil potatoes for mashed potatoes in instant pot?

The best part about making pressure cooker mashed potatoes is how little time it takes to make, on top of how delicious they are! This easy mashed potatoes recipe should only take you a little under 30 minutes, cooking time and all. It’s one of the best quick potato recipes you can make!

It takes about 12 minutes to boil potatoes in instant pot for the creamy, buttery, and delicious instant pot mashed potatoes.

mashed potatoes in the instant pot after mixing

Pressure Cooker Mashed Potatoes Ingredients

2.5 lbs. potatoes (whole and peeled)
1/2 stick butter
5 Tbsp. salt
2 cups whole milk
Salt & pepper for seasoning
Chopped green onions for garnish (optional)
Additional melted butter for flavor (optional)

We use the same ingredients for our mashed potatoes in instant pot that we do in our creamy mashed potatoes recipe (which is seriously the best mashed potatoes recipe you can make the traditional way!), except that we keep the potatoes whole.

Chopping up the potatoes for this recipe isn’t necessary, as when you boil potatoes in instant pot, they become so easy to mash. That’s part of what makes instant potatoes so convenient!

instant pot mashed potatoes in a glass bowl

What are the best potatoes for mashed potatoes?

The best mashed potatoes for mashed potatoes are dense, smooth potatoes like Russet potatoes or Yukon golds. They work the best, and come out so perfectly when you making instant pot boiled potatoes for mashing.

What supplies will I need?

To make Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes, you will only need an Instant Pot with no extra accessories. If you have yet to purchase an Instant Pot, take a look at one of our favorites: the Instant Pot Duo Nova. It’s a 6 qt Instant Pot with 7 functions.

We also recommend an electric hand mixer. We’re a fan of this 9-speed handheld mixer. It’s perfect for this recipe and makes a great gift for any home chef, too!

How to Make Mashed Potatoes in the Instant Pot

How to cook mashed potatoes: Place 2.5 lbs peeled whole potatoes (Russet potatoes or Yukon golds) in your Instant Pot after it has already been heated.
Add water to the pot enough to cover the potatoes halfway, but not all of the way.
How long to cook potatoes in instant pot: Replace the lid of your pot and cook on pressure for 12 minutes.
Once done cooking and after releasing the pressure, CAREFULLY (you can see here we’re using oven mitts!) remove the inside pot and drain your potatoes, then return to the cooker.
Use a hand mixer on medium to mash the potatoes until they are well mashed. Add in 1/2 a stick of butter 1 tablespoon at a time while continuing to blend.
When the butter melts and the potatoes are completely smooth, add 2 cups whole milk. Mix well, then season with salt and pepper to taste.

After taking your mashed potatoes out of the instant pot, adding chopped green onions and additional butter will kick them up even more with flavor. Salt and pepper them to your liking, and enjoy!

close up of mashed potatoes in a glass bowl with green onions on top

Meals with Mashed Potatoes

This easy mashed potatoes recipe is one of our favorite instant pot side dishes, and it pairs so well with just about everything (but especially roast recipes)! Here are our favorite meals with mashed potatoes:

Roasts:

Steaks:

Pork:

Naturally, these pressure cooker potatoes are the best match for our best Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe and its delicious slathering of garlic herb butter (which you can also put on your potatoes!). There’s nothing like a delicious Thanksgiving mashed potatoes recipe like this one!

And of course, mashed potatoes are perfect for pairing with other sides, too! Try these favorites:

Two bowls of Mississippi Pot Roast served over mashed potatoes

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