Buttermilk Smashed Red Potatoes Pressure Cooker Recipe

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Buttermilk Smashed Red Potatoes Pressure Cooker Recipe

Ingredients

Serves: 4 TO 6

Pressure Level: HIGH

Release: QUICK

Time: 13 minutes

  • 2 pounds medium red potatoes, scrubbed
  • 4 cups water
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 cup buttermilk, hot
  • ¼ cup sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into ¼-inch pieces
  • 3 tablespoons minced fresh chives

Method

HIGH PRESSURE FOR 13 minutes: Place potatoes, water, and ½ teaspoon salt in pressure-cooker pot

  1. Lock pressure-cooker lid in place and bring to high pressure over medium-high heat
  2. As soon as pot reaches high pressure, reduce heat to medium-low and cook for 13 minutes, adjusting heat as needed to maintain high pressure

QUICK RELEASE PRESSURE:

  1. Remove pot from heat
  2. Quick release pressure, then carefully remove lid, allowing steam to escape away from you
  3. Before Serving:
  4. Drain potatoes in colander and toss gently to remove excess water
  5. Return drained potatoes to now-empty pot and mash coarsely with potato masher, leaving some larger chunks
  6. Fold in ½ cup buttermilk, sour cream, butter, chives, ½ teaspoon salt, and ? teaspoon pepper
  7. Before serving, fold in remaining ½ cup buttermilk as needed to adjust consistency

VARIATIONS

  1. Smashed Red Potatoes with Garlic and Scallions
  2. Add 5 peeled garlic cloves to pot with potatoes in step 1
  3. Substitute 6 thinly sliced scallions and ¼ cup minced parsley for chives
  4. Smashed Red Potatoes with Blue Cheese and Bacon
  5. After draining potatoes in step 3, cook 3 slices finely chopped bacon in now-empty pot over medium-high heat until crisp, about 5 minutes; transfer to paper towel-lined plate
  6. Off heat, return drained potatoes to pot, mash, and fold in remaining ingredients along with crisp bacon and ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese

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