BUTTERMILK MASHED POTATO WITH BROWN BUTTER
First time making homemade mashed potato with a fantastic outcome. With splash of milk and butter, my mashed potato tasted really good and it went well with my other traditional meals. Don't buy a boxed mash potato again.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter cubed
- 4 lbs Yukon potatoes peeled and cut into half or cubed
- 1 tablespoon Kosher salt divided ( 1 teaspoon salt to add in the water, the rest to season)
- 2/3 cup whole buttermilk warmed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
GARNISH:
- 1/3 cup green onion
Instructions
- Place butter in a small sauce pan and brown butter in a medium heat. Cook butter until it turns brown and has nutty aroma. About 8-10 minutes.
- Place potato in a large Dutch oven. Add in water just enough to cover the potatoes. Add 1 teaspoon salt and cook the potato until tender.
- When potato is ready, drain completely using a colander. Make sure that water is thoroughly drain by shaking the colander.
- Return potato in the pan and cook in a medium heat and mixing until potato is dry.
- Transfer potatoes in a big bowl and add salt ( start with 2 teaspoons), add half of the browned butter and add warmed buttermilk ( start with 1/4 cup) and mash potatoes until smooth. I prefer mine with little chunk in it.
- Add in more buttermilk if the mash potato is to dry, add salt and season according to your liking.
- Spoon into a bowl and drizzle with the remaining browned butter.
- Garnish with green onion.
Notes
- Add the buttermilk and salt slowly and season according to your liking. Adding the buttermilk might cause a mushy mash potatoes
- I say add the buttermilk until you achieve the consistency you desire.