Parmesan Garlic Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes: Velvety, creamy, rich mashed potatoes are seasoned with garlic and parmesan and made easily in the slow cooker. 
Mashed Potatoes. I love you for your carby goodness. I love you for your creamy texture. I love you for how you are a side dish my entire family devours. 
Velvety mashed potatoes always are a must for my family’s holiday get togethers. They compliment Turkey, Ham, Chicken, or Roast perfectly. But they are always a pain to make at the holidays.
You know the drill, everyone is rushing this way and that and trying to get dishes out of the oven, the meat carved, the rolls toasted AND draining and mashing up the potatoes.
Now think about having your mashed potatoes warm and waiting for you in the slow cooker. 
Sounds too good to be true??!! Well it is not.
Mashed potatoes can be cooked to the most perfect velvety creation right in the slow cooker!
You simply dice up potatoes, add to the slow cooker with some vegetable or chicken stock and butter and let cook on high until the potatoes are nice and soft. Then with a potato masher (or hand-held mixer) mash the potatoes to a smooth consistency, add in milk or cream and stir together. Now all you have to do is set to warm and your potatoes are waiting ready for your holiday spread!
Check out this video to see truly how easy this recipe is!
I personally like to cook my potatoes with garlic and add in Parmesan to the milk mixture for extra flavor. But you can keep them as basic as you prefer. Or as wild as you want–think about adding in cheddar, bacon and chives at the end of cooking–YUM!
Parmesan Garlic Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
- 5 pounds russet potatoes peeled and diced into 1 inch cubes
- 3 cloves of garlic peeled
- 2 cups vegetable or chicken stock
- 1-2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup milk/cream
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
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Place potatoes and garlic in slow cooker. Add in stock, salt, and butter. Cook on high for 3-4 hours, or until potatoes are fork tender, and mash easily.
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With a potato masher or hand mixer, mash the potatoes until they are broken down. Add in the milk and cheese and stir until the potatoes absorb.
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Serve immediately or keep on warm until ready to serve.
So now you can minimize your holiday stress and DISHES and have Parmesan Garlic Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes.
For Additional Thanksgiving Side Dishes:
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Foodtastic Mom: French Style Sweet Potato Soufflé
Feed Me Phoebe: Gluten-Free Stuffing with Vegan “Creamed Spinach” and Leeks
The Hungry Traveler: Loaded Smashed Potatoes
Healthy Eats: 7 Lighter Takes on Essential Thanksgiving Sides
Dishin & Dishes: Bacon Wrapped Butternut Squash Wedges
The Mediterranean Dish: Jeweled Couscous with Pomegranate and Lentils
The Fed Up Foodie: Festive Orange Spinach Salad
A Mind “Full” Mom: Parmesan Garlic Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes
Creative Culinary: Golden Onion Casserole with Thyme and Toasted Bread Rounds
Swing Eats: Creamed Spinach
Taste with the Eyes: It’s Back – The Stuffing Everyone Loves!
In Jennie’s Kitchen: Pan Seared Cauliflower
FN Dish: Stovetop vs. Oven-Baked: Battle of the Thanksgiving Side Dishes
This recipe was featured on Meal Plan Monday.
These potatoes look perfect! Love the parmesan garlic flavors!
Parmesan and garlic just make everything taste better!
These potatoes look so delicious! So easy to make in the slow cooker which helps free up space on the stove. Gotta love that too!
Exactly Taylor!!
Oh my goodness, these look so creamy and delicious!
That they are Marye!!
What a useful innovation. I have quite an ambitious menu this year, so this technique would be such a help!
Katie, these certainly will let you focus on the other more complicated dishes!
How BRILLIANT are these mashed potatoes in a slow cooker!!! And with fresh garlic and parmesan to boot! Nothing but love for these!
Thanks my friend. I like being called brillliant 😉
I am SO doing this for the holidays. I also toss at garlic clove in with the potatoes as they cook because it adds so much flavor. My extended family are fiends for mashed potatoes. I know that they’ll love the parmesan in this recipe!
I bet they will Kirsten!
Is there anything better than creamy, delicious, mashed potatoes?? I think not. I would be completely happy diving into a bowl full of these right now! Love how easy they are to make too.
Nothing is better than a creamy bowl of potatoes is right!