Easy sweet mashed potato

We love creamy mashed sweet potatoes, there’s something so comforting about a big bowl of freshly made mash. Whenever we have family and friends for Sunday lunch, the bowl of our best mashed sweet potatoes is always the first to go, people go crazy for it! We’ve learned over the years to double up on it because it will always get eaten!

Why you’ll love our mashed potato

• It’s a great side dish for a Sunday roast dinner, thanksgiving dinner, or Christmas dinner.

• You can make it ahead and reheat it when you need it.

• Regular mashed potatoes are great but mashed sweet potatoes are a great alternative and the kids love them!

• It’s 100% vegetarian.

Tasty, healthy, and easy to make – what’s not to love about mashed sweet potatoes? Make sure there’s a place for them on your Christmas or Thanksgiving table.

Ingredients you’ll need for making sweet potato mash

Do you need any special equipment to make mashed sweet potatoes?

No, you don’t.

When you boil sweet potatoes, they become extremely soft, so you can easily mash them with a hand masher, there’s no need for a food processor with this recipe – and less washing up!

How do you store it?

The great thing about mashed sweet potatoes is that they store well, simply cover them and keep them in the fridge for up to 3 days.

This makes them the perfect ‘get ahead’ side dish for family meals.

You can also freeze mashed sweet potatoes, which makes them great for batch cooking.

Cook them as per the recipe instructions and then let them cool completely before transferring them into freezer bags.

They’ll keep in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Make it vegan

It’s the milk and butter that needs substituting to ensure it’s suitable for vegans.

Simply use vegan butter and plant-based milk and everyone will be able to enjoy your mash sweet potatoes.

How do you keep sweet potato mash from getting soggy?

Make sure that you completely drain your cooked sweet potatoes and when you return them to the pot, make sure the pot doesn’t have any water left in it.

Add your melted butter and milk slowly, mashing frequently until you get the consistency that is perfect for you.

Mashed sweet potatoes different ways

There are many different ways to cook them, some people prefer mashed sweet potatoes very sweet and add brown sugar, marshmallows, or maple syrup.

Others like it savoury and add parmesan cheese, sour cream, garlic, or chipotle peppers.

Try our mash sweet potatoes and then adapt it and then mix it up and make it perfect for you!

What goes well with mashed sweet potatoes?

Our savoury sweet mash potato recipe is perfect with a Sunday dinner, they complement virtually all your traditional vegetables.

We love it with a nut roast (like a meatless meatloaf but better), a mushroom wellington, or as a substitute mash with bangers and mash (sausages and mashed potato).

We love these delicious Caesar Brussel sprouts and a healthy broccoli casserole (just use vegetable stock and vegetarian Worcestershire sauce) with mashed potato, you should try them!

Recipe notes and tips

• Portion sizes in your freezer
  If you are batch cooking, transfer specific portion sizes into freezer bags, so you can quickly grab them when needed.
• Add milk and butter slowly
  Add your milk and butter slowly, add a little, mash a little, to get the consistency you prefer.
• Is your mashed sweet potatoes too runny?
  Try adding a little cornflour (corn startch), a tablespoon at a time, stir to incorporate and repeat until you get the consistency you’d like.

How to make sweet mashed potatoes with step-by-step instructions

Making our sweet potato mash recipe is easy if you follow our simple instructions.

A full printable version of this great recipe with all ingredient measurements is available at the bottom of this post.

Over high heat bring a large saucepan, or Dutch oven, of water to boil.

Peel your sweet potatoes and dice them into chunks.

Add your diced sweet potatoes to the pot, making sure that the water covers them, and cook them until tender and you can pierce them easily with a sharp knife, approximately 20-25 minutes.

Once cooked, completely drain the sweet potatoes and place them in a large bowl, using a potato masher, mash the sweet potatoes until they are smooth.

Add your melted butter, and milk and stir to combine, then add chives and gently stir them in.

Add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.

Transfer your mashed sweet potatoes into a serving bowl and garnish with chives, serve immediately.

Enjoy your delicious mashed sweet potatoes!

We hope that you enjoy cooking, and eating, our mashed sweet potatoes recipe and would love to hear how you got on with making it.

Please leave us a comment or feel free to ask any questions you may have.

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More sweet potato recipes you’ll love

• Baked sweet potato – if you love sweet potatoes then this is the recipe for you – so easy and you can add your favorite toppings!

• Sweet potato wedges – why have regular potato wedges when you can have sweet potato wedges – awesome, easy and delicious!

• Sweet potato soup – delicious creamy sweet potato soup with a hint of peanut butter, you should really try this!

• Sweet potato fries – full of flavor and baked in the oven, these delicious fries are just screaming out to be put into dipping sauce!

For the step-by-step version of this recipe check out how to make easy sweet mashed potato.

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