Creamy and buttery Vegan Mashed Potatoes made with roasted garlic, cashew cream, and dietary yeast. High them with the do-it-yourself garlic miso compound butter for an out-of-this-world facet dish! Vegan and Gluten-Free.

Simply if you suppose a basic facet dish can’t get any higher, this Vegan Mashed Potatoes Recipe walks into your life. Fluffy mashed potatoes are infused with the mouthwatering richness of roasted garlic and served with do-it-yourself garlic miso compound butter on high. With pure umami bliss in each chunk, these potatoes are essential in your on a regular basis and vacation dinner menus!

Components for Garlic Mashed Potatoes 

This recipe has three key parts: roasted garlic, compound butter, and potatoes. Collectively, they kind the proper facet dish! These are the important thing elements you want: 

• Garlic: when you attempt roasted garlic, you’ll by no means return to the uncooked or powdered stuff. The roasted cloves are tender and 10 occasions as savory, giving the mashed potatoes elevated mouthwatering flavors.
• Vegan Butter: you want unsalted butter for the vegan compound butter and salted butter for the potatoes. It’s okay in case you solely have unsalted or salted butter and never each—you’ll simply have to style and regulate the flavors of the compound butter and potatoes as you go.
• Miso Paste: use white or yellow miso paste. Any leftover miso can be utilized in salad dressings, soups, pasta dishes, and a lot extra.
• Potatoes: the key to noticeably superb mashed potatoes comes right down to the kind of potatoes. I used a 1-1 mix of Russet potatoes and Yukon Gold potatoes to realize the proper steadiness of creamy and fluffy textures and wealthy and buttery flavors. Go forward and use all Russet’s or all Yukon Gold’s in case you don’t wish to use each.
• Cashews: uncooked cashews are blended with water to make an opulent cashew cream. You may swap this with store-bought or do-it-yourself cashew milk or vegan heavy cream in case you want a lighter consistency.
• Seasonings: dietary yeast, salt, and black pepper deliver a touch of cheesiness and steadiness to the potatoes.

The way to Make Vegan Mashed Potatoes

Serving Options

Whether or not it’s an everyday weeknight household dinner or an extravagant vacation celebration, these dairy-free mashed potatoes will all the time be a well-liked facet dish. I wish to pair them with comforting predominant dishes for weeknight meals, like this Lentil Loaf, this Cozy Vegan Stew, and this Vegan Shepherd’s Pie.

It’s clear {that a} beneficiant scoop of mashed potatoes would additionally completely complement this Tofu Turkey, these Portobello Mushroom Steaks, and this Traditional Vegan Stuffing at Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. Simply don’t neglect a beneficiant drizzle of this Mushroom Gravy or this Tahini Gravy on high of every thing. In spite of everything, no vacation plate is full with out being virtually fully coated in gravy.

For those who’re in search of extra basic facet dishes made vegan, you’ll additionally love this Wholesome Vegan Candy Potato Casserole, this No-Boil Vegan Mac & Cheese, and this Wholesome Inexperienced Bean Casserole!

The way to Retailer Leftover Mashed Potatoes 

Enable the leftover mashed potatoes to chill earlier than transferring them to an hermetic container. They’ll keep creamy and recent for as much as 5 days within the fridge or as much as 2 months within the freezer. Enable the leftovers to thaw earlier than reheating and serving.

The leftover compound butter will be refrigerated for as much as 10 days as effectively. Wrap the log within the parchment paper or plastic wrap to maintain it recent.

To reheat, heat the mashed potatoes for 1 to 2 minutes within the microwave or in a saucepan till they’re heated by. You could want so as to add a splash of milk or water to make them creamy once more.

Take pleasure in! For those who make this recipe and determine to share it on Fb or Instagram, don’t neglect to tag me @FromMyBowl + #FromMyBowl! I might additionally like it in case you may depart a remark beneath with a recipe ranking! Thanks for the assist 😊

For the Roasted Garlic:

• 1-2 heads garlic* see notes for substitutions
• Olive oil for drizzling

For the Compound Butter (Non-compulsory):

• 1 stick unsalted plant-based butter at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon white or yellow miso paste

For the Mashed Potatoes:

• 1 1/2 lbs. Russet Potatoes peeled and lower into 1-2” chunks
• 1 1/2 lbs. Yukon Gold Potatoes peeled and lower into 1-2” chunks, or sub with extra Russet Potatoes
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt divided; plus extra to style
• 6-7 cups water plus extra as wanted
• 1/3 cup uncooked cashews, soaked* OR
• 3/4 cup cashew milk (or sub vegan heavy cream)
• 6 tablespoons plant-based butter I used salted
• 1 tablespoon dietary yeast non-compulsory
• Black pepper to style
• Chives Mushroom Gravy, or Tahini Gravy, for serving (non-compulsory)

For the Roasted Garlic & Compound Butter (Non-compulsory):

• Roast the Garlic: Preheat the oven to 415F. Slice the highest portion of the top of garlic off to reveal all the cloves. Switch the garlic to a cocotte or wrap in foil; drizzle the highest of the garlic with oil, then cowl and roast within the center rack of the oven for 35 to 40 minutes. As soon as the garlic has cooled to the contact, squeeze it onto a plate or reducing board and use a fork to mash right into a paste; divide it in half and put aside. (Notice: This step will be finished as much as three days prematurely; simply retailer the garlic within the fridge till prepared to make use of)

• Compound Butter: Add the butter to a small bowl together with the miso and half of the roasted garlic paste. Use a fork to mash every thing collectively till you get a comparatively uniform texture. Use a spatula to switch the butter to parchment paper, kind right into a log, then place within the fridge for a minimum of half-hour to set. This may also be made as much as 3 days prematurely.

For the Potatoes:

• Prepare dinner: Within the meantime, place the potatoes in a big pot or the pot of a stress cooker and sprinkle 1 teaspoon of salt over them. Add cool water till there may be about 1” of water above the potatoes.

• Stovetop: Convey the pot of potatoes to a rolling boil, uncovered, over excessive warmth. Scale back the warmth to medium and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes, till a fork can pierce by the potatoes simply.

• Instantaneous Pot: Prepare dinner on handbook excessive stress for five minutes. Let the potatoes sit for five minutes, then cowl the stress valve with a towel and fast launch the stress.

• Cashew Cream (Non-compulsory): Whereas the potatoes cook dinner, mix the cashews with 2/3 cup of water in a high-speed or bullet blender for 45 to 60 seconds to kind a easy and wealthy cashew cream. Put aside. (Notice: skip this step if you’re utilizing cashew milk as an alternative)

• Season: Drain the potatoes, then return to the pot off of the warmth, letting them sit for a minute or two to permit any additional water to evaporate. Add the butter, cashew cream (or milk or heavy cream), remaining garlic paste, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, and dietary yeast (if utilizing). Use a potato masher to mash every thing collectively; as soon as the potatoes have been softened to your liking, change to a spatula and proceed mixing the potatoes till every thing is mixed and the potatoes are fluffy. Season with salt and pepper to style. If the potatoes are too thick, skinny them out with extra milk or water to your most well-liked consistency.

• Serve: Serve the potatoes with chopped chives and the compound butter, or as desired. Leftover potatoes will preserve within the fridge for as much as 5 days. Leftover compound butter will preserve within the fridge for as much as 10 days.

• Roasted Garlic: Use 1 head of garlic for a gentle garlic taste in each the butter and mashed potatoes, or use 2 heads for an intense garlic taste.
• No Roasted Garlic: Add 1 clove of minced or finely grated butter to the compound butter and a pair of to three cloves of minced garlic to the mashed potatoes in step 5.
• Peeled Potatoes: I want to peel my potatoes for a easy consistency, however in case you want some potato skins in your mashed potatoes I might advocate solely peeling half of the potatoes earlier than chopping and leaving the pores and skin on the remainder of them. I’d advocate leaving the pores and skin on the Yukon potatoes (as it’s extra tender) and peeling the Russet Potatoes.

Energy: 249kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 5gFats: 11gSaturated Fats: 2gPolyunsaturated Fats: 3gMonounsaturated Fats: 6gTrans Fats: 2gSodium: 619mgPotassium: 775mgFiber: 4gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 4IUVitamin C: 22mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 2mg