Cream Cheese and Chive Mashed Potatoes

Growing up my parents made cream cheese mashed potatoes all the time! It’s really the only way we ever ate them and I am so grateful for that. I added the chives for a little extra flavor but you can certainly omit them if you’re a mashed potato purist. These are so creamy with such great flavor thanks to a little tang from the cream cheese. And like all mashed potatoes, these are very easy to make, requiring very little kitchen skill. Let’s make them!

• Russet potatoes
• Cream Cheese
• Butter
• Chicken stock, vegetable stock or milk (I like using stock)
• Salt
• Pepper
• Fresh garlic
• Chives

Wash, peel and chop the potatoes in small pieces. This recipe calls for 5 large russet potatoes which will yield about 10 cups of diced potatoes.

Place the potatoes in a large pot and cover with water. You will want about 1 inch of water over the potatoes. Then place on the stove over high heat until the water is boiling. Reduce heat slightly then boil until potatoes are tender.

After you’ve drained the potatoes, add the cream cheese, butter, garlic, salt, pepper and stock to the pot and use a potato masher to mash.

You’re ready to serve! You can mix in chives or just add them to the top depending on your preference. Or you can leave them out altogether.

I might be biased but I think these cream cheese and chive mashed potatoes are perfect. Creamy and everything mashed potatoes should be. So good they don’t need gravy.

If you’ve tried making these mashed potatoes I’d love to hear from you! Leave a comment/rating below and let me know how you liked it. You can also find me on instagram @thefigjar.

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