Yet another version of the cheddar cheese mashed potatoes recipe. We will add onions together with cheddar cheese. Most of the recipes will tell you to add thinly sliced green onions. But you can also take any onions and fry them on oil (or butter) for a while, and then add them to your mashed potatoes. Well, just a thought… you can try it.
Cheddar and Onion Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 pounds potatoes (russets or yukon golds)
- ½ cup half-and-half
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes and cut them in four pieces. Big pieces will suck less water, sure they take a bit longer to cook, but we are here for the taste, not time, right? :) Put the potatoes in a pot and cover them with cold water. Add some salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and let them simmer for a good 15 minutes. They are done when they are soft (pierce them with a knife for test).
- Drain the potatoes. You can return them on heat for a while so all the water goes away, just don't burn them. Add half milk half cream mix, butter, salt, and pepper. Now its time to mash the potatoes. Stir in cheddar cheese and cook your mashed potatoes for a few minutes so the cheese melts.
- At the end mix in sliced green onions. Or as I said before - you can thinly slice the onions and then fry them for a while on oil of butter. Then just mix them in at the end. But ways are good, but the end result is a bit different with each of these cheddar and onion mashed potatoes recipes.
November 16, 2009 at 11:07 amDidn’t say when to add butter? I did away with the water completely, I cooked them in the Micro Wave cover with Plastic wrap, and a shot off water. Yums
December 6, 2010 at 3:44 pmI cook my potatoes in a preasure cooker, and its done really quick with barely any water.
July 26, 2011 at 5:14 pmIt came out lovely!^_^