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📋 Chipotle Mashed Potatoes Recipe

These Chipotle Mashed Potatoes will add a little spice to your dinner plate! They are a healthy mashed potato recipe, made with red potatoes a homemade, low-fat buttermilk, garlic and chipotle in adobo sauce and there's no peeling required! They are also gluten-free and Weight Watchers Friendly.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American, Mexican
Keyword chipotle, healthy, mashed potatoes, spicy
Special Diet Vegetarian, Weight Watchers
Allergen gluten-free, vegetarian, weight watchers
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 94kcal
Author Terri Gilson

Ingredients

  • 1 cup 1 % milk
  • 1 tsp white vinegar
  • 2 lb red potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 2 inch chunks (do not peel) 6-8 medium potatoes
  • 1 tablespoon chopped, canned chipotles in adobo sauce *add more if desired
  • 3 tsp minced garlic about 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon peppper
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Add vinegar to milk and set aside in 1 cup liquid measuring cup.
    ingredients for homemade buttermilk
  • Place chopped potatoes in a large pot and cover with enough cold water to cover plus 2 inches above. Bring potatoes to a boil, then reduce and simmer until potatoes are tender (a fork can easily go through- about 10 minutes).
  • Drain well.
  • Add chopped chipotle in adobo sauce to milk and stir until blended. Return the potatoes to the pot, add milk mixture, garlic and salt and pepper. Mash until blended.
  • Garnish: add additional chipotle on top, if desired and sprinkle on parsley flakes.
    collage of 4 photos showing how to make chipotle mashed potatoes

Notes

💭 TOP TIP
These are no peel mashed potatoes! Yes, you can eat your mashed potatoes with the peels. In fact, if you are peeling your potatoes, unless you really enjoy extra work, you can stop now. It's the most nutrient filled part of the potato so why would you want to peel all those nutrients away and add more unnecessary waste to the environment? Potato peels contain more iron than the flesh of the potatoes and they're also a good source of fiber, vitamin B, and vitamin C. And I don't know about you, but I really hate peeling potatoes. Maybe it was the endless buckets I peeled at my grandparents farm when I was a kid. Or the zillion I peeled that summer I worked at the fly-in fishing camp. But I'm guessing I'm not alone in my loathing of this task. *Just be sure to scrub them well before boiling!    You can read more about why you don't need to peel your potatoes HERE and  HERE.
📖VARIATIONS & SUBSTITUTIONS
  • Spicier - these are a little spicy, but if you like additional spice, add more chipotle in adobo sauce
  • Lactose or Dairy-free - use lactose or dairy-free milk
  • Potatoes - you could use white or sweet potatoes and make chipotle mashed sweet potatoes instead of using red potatoes
🍽EQUIPMENT
You can use any pot to boil the potatoes, but you’ll need a good (masher (affiliate link).
👪 SERVING SIZE
This spicy mashed potatoes recipe makes 8 servings (about ⅔ cup each). However, you can also cut this recipe in half or double it by adjusting the serving size on the recipe card. Just click on the blue serving size (it's highlighted in blue) and select the number of servings you’d like and the ingredient amounts will adjust accordingly.
🌡️STORAGE
Store in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days. You can make this in advance.I do not recommend freezing it, mashed potatoes do not freeze well (they tend to get watery).
💭 TOP TIP
You are going to have leftover chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, so why not make my Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas? You need ½ a can for this recipe - perfect!
Authentic Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas - foodmeanderings.com
My Amazon Recommendations (affiliate links)

Nutrition Facts
📋 Chipotle Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Amount Per Serving (0.666 cups)
Calories 94 Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 1mg0%
Sodium 336mg15%
Potassium 565mg16%
Carbohydrates 20g7%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 113IU2%
Vitamin C 10mg12%
Calcium 50mg5%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.666cups | Calories: 94kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 336mg | Potassium: 565mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 113IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 1mg