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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You ordered a big box of chips on Amazon? We’re basically soulmates. I mean, if it’s also what you ate for dinner.
Of course!! No shame in my chippy game.
Hey my friend! I’ve been meaning to message you saying your site redesign is gorgeous! And well, I’m a big fan of sour cream and onion chips too. You are NOT alone.
Oh my God. I’ll understand if you have to delete this comment but my first thought was “those potatoes look so delicious that it’s turning me on.” I CAN’T WITH THE CARBSSSS.
These mashed potatoes look amazing. I agree, dill is underused, and it’s too bad, because it’s delicious! I want to lick that bowl of mashed potatoes! :)
Look at this gorgeous website! These mashed potatoes sound sooo good and I love that they were inspired by your favorite chips!
I’d like to bring these to a potluck. Would they hold up well in a crockpot?
Yep! I’d just keep them warm on the lowest setting and keep some extra sour cream and/or butter nearby if they dry out a bit.
I vaguely remember Venture stores. Where was the one in Des Moines located? Was it where the kmart on University is? Potatoes look amazing btw!
Yes – very close! It was by where the current Kohls/Fedex is!
Looks like the perfect dish for Thanksgiving. I love your add ons for extra flavor.
Yum! This looks great! I love the variation on mashed potatoes, plus I’ve always been a big fan of dill and love the flavor it contributes.
Do you remove the garlic cloves after the potatoes are done boiling or do you mash the garlic with the potatoes?
Yep, just mash them in with the potatoes!
These mashed potatoes look SO delicious! I love adding sour cream to mine from time to time.
Oh my gosh! Yummmmy. Making this tonight with meatloaf!
Do you have any suggestions on how I could make this dairy free?
I really wanted to make this DF since my son is allergic to dairy, but I don’t know of any DF alternative to sour cream, unfortunately!
Tofutti makes a DF sour cream and also cream cheese. Not good on their own, but doesn’t mess with the flavor too much when using it as an ingredient for something else like mashed potatoes or in a casserole.