Fluffy Vegan Mashed Potatoes

Mashed potatoes sprinkled with green herbs in a white bowl.

Fluffy Vegan Mashed Potatoes

These creamy, fluffy vegan mashed potatoes are the perfect comfort food to complete your dinner plate. This easy one-pot recipe uses Yukon gold potatoes and a small amount of non-dairy milk and butter to create the smoothest and most flavorful side dish. They may be the best vegan mashed potatoes you have ever tried.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Grain-free, International, Nut-free, Soy-free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Keyword dairy-free mashed potatoes, vegan mashed potatoes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 165kcal

Author Nandor Barta

Equipment

Ingredients

16 oz Yukon potatoes
10 oz Celery root aka Celeriac optional - if not used, add the amount in potatoes
¼ cup Dairy-free milk or Cooking water
2 Tbsp Vegan butter
Salt and Pepper to taste

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Wash, peel, and dice both potatoes (and celeriac). The smaller you dice them, the shorter will be the cooking time.
Cook the potatoes in boiling water until soft. Depending on the size of the cubes, it can take from 15-25 minutes.
Drain them, BUT reserve the cooking water if you don't want to use milk and butter.
Add the cooked potatoes, (celeriac,) dairy-free butter and milk, salt, and pepper in a large bowl.
We use a hand mixer to make creamy and light mashed potatoes. First, without turning on we mash them a bit, then mix them until we get the right texture.

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Notes

Top tips to make perfect mashed potatoes

The smaller you dice the potatoes, the shorter will be the cooking time.
If you don't want to use vegan butter and dairy-free milk, reserve the cooking water and use that instead.
You can certainly use an old-fashioned potato masher or ricer, but it is harder to ensure it is 100% creamy, and no chunks remain.

With or without celery root

Try adding celery root (aka celeriac), rutabaga, cauliflower, or parsnip. We only add one other veggie at a time and only as much as not to deviate from the potato taste but to get an extra zing at the end. If you don't want to add anything, add more potatoes. :-)

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