These sour cream and onion mashed potatoes with chives combine the classic flavor of sour cream and chive baked potatoes with the popular sour cream and onion potato chip. They're also easy to make vegan with a few swaps.

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Sour cream and onion or sour cream and chive?

Growing up, sour cream and onion was my favorite potato chip flavor combination.

You know, back in the dark ages, we didn't have as many choices when it comes to potato chip flavors as we do today.

Our choices were pretty much regular, barbecue and of course, sour cream and onion.

front view of mashed potatoes in a white bowl topped with chives with part of left side of the bowl cut off

Fast forward to adulthood when I preferred baked potatoes over the crispy, fried variety.

My favorite way to top them is with some butter, sour cream and chives.

mashed potatoes in a white bowl with part of the right side cut off and a spoon in the front

Anyway, I couldn't decide if I wanted to make my go-to baked potato into sour cream and chive mashed potatoes or pay homage to my favorite potato chip flavor with sour cream and onion mashed potatoes.

And that's when it occurred to me...I didn't have to decide! I could make them both...in the same recipe!

And that's how these mashed potatoes were born. 😉

Scooping mashed potatoes with a spoon from a bowl

How to make them

Peel and cube potatoes so that they are uniform in size. Add the potatoes to a 4-qt. pot and cover with one inch of cold water.

Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to a maintain a simmer.

Cook until potatoes are tender all the way through (approximately 15-20 minutes).

Be careful not to overcook or the potatoes will become too starchy.

Drain the potatoes in a colander and then return them to the pot.

Add butter and milk.

Mash with a potato masher until lumps are gone.

Mashing Potatoes and milk with a potato masher in a pot

Stir in sour cream, chives, onion powder, white pepper and kosher salt.

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Sour Cream and Onion Mashed Potatoes

These sour cream and onion mashed potatoes with chives combine the classic flavor of sour cream and chive baked potatoes with the popular sour cream and onion potato chip. They're also easy to make vegan with a few swaps.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword dairy-free, mashed potatoes, potatoes, sour cream and chive, sour cream and onion, vegetarian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Total Time 35

Servings

Calories 257kcal

Author Sireesha A.

Ingredients

2 ½ pounds Yukon gold potatoes
4 tablespoons butter (use plant-based butter for a dairy-free/vegan option)
¼ cup milk, whole or 2% (use plant-based milk for a dairy-free/vegan option)
½ cup sour cream (use plant-based sour cream for a dairy-free/vegan option)
1 tablespoon dried chives
1 teaspoon onion powder
⅛ teaspoon white pepper
fine sea salt to taste

Instructions

Peel and cube potatoes so that they are uniform in size.
Add the potatoes to a 4-qt. pot and cover with one inch of cold water.
Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to a maintain a simmer. Cook until potatoes are tender all the way through (approximately 15-20 minutes). Be careful not to overcook or the potatoes will become too starchy.
Drain the potatoes in a colander and then return them to the pot.
Add butter and milk. Mash with a potato masher until lumps are gone.
Stir in sour cream, chives, onion powder, white pepper and kosher salt.

(Please refer to the post above for instructional photographs and other helpful information for this recipe)

Suggested Equipment/Tools

Vegetable Peeler

4-qt. Stainless Steel Pot

Colander

Potato Masher

Notes

The nutrition information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. Accuracy is not guaranteed. Information shown should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

Nutrition was calculated using the original ingredients. The vegan option will change the calculation.

Nutrition

This post originally appeared on Watch Learn Eat on November 18, 2014. It has been republished to reflect both recipe and photo revisions. Changes to the story were also made.

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