Ranch MashedPotatoes
Easy, delicious, and awesome can be used to describe our Sour Cream and Ranch Mashed Potatoes recipe! Once you try this recipe you'll never want to go back to traditional mashed potatoes again.


Ingredients(13)
- 3
large russet potatoes
- ¼ cup
milk
- 2 tablespoons
unsalted butter
- 1 cup
crispy bacon, chopped
- 1 tablespoon
chives, finely minced
- 1 teaspoon
cayenne pepper (optional)
scallions, chopped
- 1½ teaspoons
kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper
- 4 ounces
cheddar cheese, grated
- ½ stick (4 tbsp)
unsalted butter
For safe meat preparation, reference the USDA website.
Steps(7)
- 1
Start by peeling and chopping 3 large russet potatoes one at a time. Immediately upon chopping, place the pieces into a saucepot filled with water (off the heat).
- 2
Salt the water and bring it all up to a simmer. Once at a simmer, cook the potatoes for 15–20 minutes, until a paring knife inserted into a potato chunk and twisted effortlessly cracks the cube in half, in which the potatoes are ready to drain.
- 3
Drain the potatoes and use a potato ricer to rice the potatoes back into a saucepot.
- 4
Once all of the potato pieces have been riced, add in ¼ cup of milk, 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter, 1 cup of crispy chopped bacon, 1 tablespoon of finely minced chives, an optional teaspoon of cayenne pepper, chopped scallions and a few hefty shakes of Hidden Valley® Ranch seasoning.
- 5
Add 4 ounces of grated cheddar and a few generous twists of freshly ground black pepper and mix until thoroughly combined.
- 6
Ranch Compound Butter:
Add a hefty shake of Hidden Valley® Ranch seasoning to ½ a stick of unsalted butter and whisk to combine.
- 7
Plate a bowl of potatoes and top with even more garnishes: shredded cheese, bacon, scallions and a big scoop of Hidden Valley® Ranch compound butter.
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