Smashed Potatoes and Cream Cheese

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Another Helping of Comfort, Please

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (125)

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COMMENTS & REVIEWS(125)

Cook Time:
25 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 servings

Times:

Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 25 min
Total:: 30 min

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Ingredients

2 1/2 pounds small red potatoes or baby Yukon gold potatoes
1/2 cup half-and-half or whole milk
8 ounces plain cream cheese or veggie cream cheese, cut into pieces
10 chives or 2 scallions, chopped or snipped with kitchen scissors
Salt and pepper

Directions

Boil potatoes until tender, 15 minutes. While the water boils and when the potatoes are cooking, you can be working on the meatloaf recipe.

When the potatoes are tender, drain them and return them to the hot pot to let them dry out a bit. Mash potatoes with half-and-half or milk using a potato masher. Add in the cream cheese and smash until the cheese melts into the potatoes. Then add chives and scallions and season with salt and pepper, to your taste.

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recipe Smashed Potatoes and Cream Cheese
Erica Inglewood, CA 11-05-2009
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Taster's Choice!!!!.... :-)
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Family? What family?..... I almost ate the whole pot of these all by myself..lol. I didnt have red or yukons on hand so I... used regular peeled russets. A great change from regular buttered mashed potatoes. These spuds are a keeper!!!! :-)Read more
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Chir Phoenix, AZ 03-30-2009
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I'll stick to my regular method
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

Dissapointing. This recipe was very bland. Potatoes made with butter & milk tastes better in my opinion. These potatoes... didn't taste bad but just needs to be doctored up. The flavor reminded me of a plain baked potato so I think if you add lots of salt, pepper, butter, and bacon bits it would be better. Read more
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Frances Jessup, PA 12-08-2008
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Quick and Tastey
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I used the Yukon gold potatos and chives for this one. I made this for Thanksgiving and it has a good flavor. Once I had it... on the table I added some butter and let it just slightly melt over it, served, and had the hubby and kids wanting seconds. Next time I'm going to try it with some garlic. Read more
recipe Smashed Potatoes and Cream Cheese
Giovanna Plano, TX 11-18-2008
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Good basic recipe, but needs more seasoning
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This is a good base recipe for mashed potatoes. The cream cheese and heavy cream make them nice and smooth. But they are... pretty bland, you will need to further season them to make them really tasty.Read more
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april winfield, AL 11-10-2008
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A weekly favorite
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is one of our GO TO dishes, we never eat plain potatoes again. I change this up a lot, according to what I'm serving... (like I add jalepenos and garlic if I'm doing a southwestern dish). I've probably reviewed this one before but I found a new use for the cream cheese/milk mixture and wanted to pass it on. Make a little extra and put it a container for later. It's great in scrambled eggs. For our family I use 8 eggs and a couple heaping tablespoons of the cream cheese mixtures. Whisk together and scramble the eggs...this is divine and goes great with the Brown Sugar Bacon recipe by Katie Lee Joel on this site.Read more
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Anonymous 09-15-2008
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Great mash potatoes recipe!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have made this dish a couple times now and each time it has been great! Everybody that has tried these has raved about how... good they are.Read more