Crock Pot Million Dollar Mashed Potatoes (+Video)

Name: Crock Pot Million Dollar Mashed Potatoes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 240 min
Total time: 255 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 5 pounds russet potatoes; 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, cut into cubes; 1 32 oz carton College Inn Chicken Broth; 1 8 oz package cream cheese, softened and cut into cubes; ¼ cup milk (or more, to taste); salt and pepper (to taste)

November 18, 2017 by Brandie @ The Country Cook 39 Comments

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How to make Crock Pot Million Dollar Mashed Potatoes

Are you ready? Do you have your menu all planned? Are you looking for some great (but easy!) side dishes to impress your guests that won’t have you cooking ALL DAY? Well, I have got the dish for you! These Crock Pot Million Dollar Mashed Potatoes will be a huge hit with your family and friends!

College Inn Broth

Because this recipe uses only a handful of ingredients, it’s important that those ingredients have a lot of flavor. This recipe uses College Inn® Chicken Broth as a main ingredient! College Inn crafts a deeper, richer broth; because every detail matters.

They carefully select the finest, all-natural chicken and farm-grown vegetables. Purposely blend the most flavorful herbs and spices and then finish with a long, slow simmer. The savory taste of College Inn broth is the detail that helps you make any dish and every meal scrumptious! Delicious is definitely in the details.

Secret Ingredient

College Inn® Chicken Broth is my secret ingredient for these mashed potatoes. The potatoes gently cook in the broth and soak up all of that delicious flavor! Oh, and cream cheese! It’s a dynamite combination!

Tips for perfect mashed potatoes

Don’t over-mash. Don’t use an electric mixer. All of these things will cause the potatoes to turn out like thick glue. You want to mash them just enough to get the big lumps out. But using an electric mixer can often lead to gummy potatoes and no one wants gummy potatoes. 🙂

What you’ll need:
russet potatoes
salted butter
College Inn® Chicken Broth
cream cheese
milk
salt and pepper

How to make:

Peel and cut potatoes into 1-inch chunks.

Place the cut potatoes into the bottom of a 6-quart crock pot.

Dot the potatoes with 1 stick of the cubed butter. Season with a little salt and pepper.

Pour College Inn® Chicken Broth on top of potatoes.

Cover and cook on high for 4-5 hours. Potatoes are ready when fork tender.

Carefully drain the excess broth into a bowl. Pro tip: use the excess broth to make some delicious gravy! See my quick recipe at the end of this post.
Place drained potatoes back into the crock pot. Add in remaining stick of cubed butter, cream cheese, milk and salt and pepper to taste.
Mash the potatoes with a potato masher until smooth (or leave a little lumpy if that is your preference).

Cover and keep potatoes on the warm setting until ready to serve.

Then dig in!

Optional: Make them ‘Loaded Mashed Potatoes’ by topping with shredded cheddar cheese, crumbled and cooked bacon and sliced green onions.

Quick gravy recipe:
2 cups College Inn® Chicken Broth
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1 1/2 cups of the broth to boiling. Reduce heat to medium.

In small bowl, stir remaining 1/2 cup broth, the flour, salt and pepper with whisk until smooth. Gradually stir mixture into hot broth. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Serve with your Million Dollar Mashed Potatoes!