How to Make Mashed Potatoes as Side Dish
It may be difficult to find complementary foods more classic than mashed potatoes. The food is always served during this holiday is one of the special food that you rarely encounter throughout the year. Both served with fried chicken, roast turkey, stew, or as part of a shepherd's pie, mashed potatoes can be made as smooth and soft as possible, or a little big and rough. As with any grain, you will soon find out why this one complementary foods is not a food that is boring.
Ingredients:
- 4 or 5 medium-sized potatoes
- 1/2 to 1 cup of milk, half milk and half cream, or chicken broth (depending on how soft you want mashed potatoes)
- 2 or 3 tablespoons butter
- salt and pepper to taste
How to make:
- Prepare some potatoes about 4 to 5 pieces
- Wash the potatoes. Use cold water and gently rub the entire surface of the potato. Find blackish spots signs of dirt that has accumulated. If you wash the potatoes in a bowl of water, be sure to rinse before cutting.
- Prepare the potatoes to boil. You can cook the potatoes with the skin or peel them before cutting. You simply cut the potatoes into four sections or diced.
- Cook your potatoes. Put the potatoes you've prepared into a large saucepan and fill with cold water. Your potatoes should be submerged by 2.5 to 5 cm of water. Boil water, then lower heat to gently boil and cook for 10 to 20 minutes. When potatoes are cooked if it can be pierced fork and spilled.
- Prepare the cooking liquid. While the potato is cooked, heat the chicken broth or milk to warm and remove the butter from the refrigerator.
- Drain and prepare the potatoes. Use a sieve or potato lifting out the pan using a slotted spoon. Return the potatoes that have been cooked in the pan. Enter the room-temperature butter, and start mashing potatoes.
- Add warm liquid. Gradually, add broth or warm milk. Stir gently and add more liquid if you have not mashed potatoes together. Continue to add liquid to your mashed potatoes together.
- Season to taste and serve. Taste the potatoes, and add salt, pepper, and / or butter, according to your taste. Serve warm or cover until ready to enjoy.
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