If you love sour cream and onion potato chips then you'll flip for Sour Cream and Dill Mashed Potatoes. An easy and delicious side dish!
Raise your hand if Sour Cream and Onion is your ride or die potato chip flavor? I’m raising my hand to the point of no return. Heck, anything sour cream and onion has always had my name written all over it.
My Mom used to drag my brothers and me to the now defunct Venture store (RIP) with the promise of letting us pick out individual bags of Sour Cream and Onion microwave popcorn for family movie night each Friday if we behaved. I specifically remember licking extra sour cream and onion seasoning from the bowl whilst watching Fantasia, it was so good. The popcorn, not the movie. What kind of mental state were the writers in while storyboarding, I wonder?
Anyway, things are about to turn around because there’s a new flavor combo in town – dill and sour cream. Delicate, feathery dill paired with the subtle tang of sour cream star in these rich and creamy, yet surprisingly light, and over the top EASY Sour Cream and Dill Mashed Potatoes!
These luxurious and creamy mashed potatoes pair perfectly with the Herb and Caper Crusted Salmon I recently shared, or make a fantastic, unexpected addition to a holiday dinner table.
Start by adding 2lbs peeled then chopped Yukon Gold potatoes into a big pot of salted, cold water with 2 peeled garlic cloves. I use Yukon Golds because they’re Ben’s favorite, plus they make for a fantastically smooth and creamy final product. Boil until the potatoes are tender then drain and return them to the hot pot, and then stir to make sure all the water has evaporated.
Next add 1/3 cup sour cream, 1/4 cup milk (any kind – I used unsweetened almond milk,) 3 Tablespoons butter (or more – I’m not the butter police!) salt, and pepper then mash until smooth. Finally, stir in 1 Tablespoon minced fresh dill.
Since a little bit of dill goes a long way, and you only need 1 Tablespoon chopped dill for this recipe, try including a few other dill-required dishes into your meal planning around the time you purchase a bunch. I suggest the aforementioned herb-crusted salmon (which, by the way, is SO good cold and on salads!) this lovely soup, or this craveable pasta.
I could face plant into this deliciousness!
Either pop a lid on top of the pot to keep warm or serve it up right away!
I’m telling you – if you crave sour cream and onion flavors like I do, you’ll flip for these Sour Cream and Dill Mashed Potatoes. So simple, yet full of flavor. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled then chopped
- 2 cloves peeled garlic
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- salt and pepper
- 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh dill
Directions
- Add potatoes and garlic cloves to a large pot of cold, salted water. Bring to a boil then cook until potatoes are tender.
- Drain then add potatoes back to the hot pot and stir to make sure all the water has evaporated.
- Add sour cream, milk, butter, salt, and pepper then mash until smooth. Stir in fresh dill then serve.
Nutrition
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I make this all the time. Delish. But feel free to add more garlic and dill. Never made it with too much!
I’m so glad this is a go to of yours, Graz! Thank you so much for your feedback!
These look so delicious. I love mashed potatoes but I’ve never had them with dill before! Thank you for sharing your recipe. Can’t wait to try it at home.
This is so lovely. Our dill was getting crazy and we didn’t know what to do with it. This fixes it. I might have added more than 1 tbsp of dill since my Mother keeps asking for more, but god is this good. Thanks for this!
Fixed these for dinner tonight- OH MY! They were some of the best mashed potatoes I have ever eaten! Thank you for the recipe!
So glad to hear that, Kim!! Thanks so much for your feedback!
Gotta love Venture! I did most of the shopping for my first college dorm room at our local Venture store; it closed shortly thereafter.