Mexican Mashed Potatoes With Green Chiles

Submitted by Charmie777

"Mashed potatoes with cheese and green chiles...Mmm."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb russet potato, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch chunks
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 2 ounces canned diced green chilies
• 1⁄2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup skim milk

directions

1. Boil potatoes in salted water until tender. Drain.
2. Transfer potatoes to a bowl and mash.
3. Mix in remaining ingredients.
4. Season to taste with salt.
5. If needed, add in a little more milk.
6. Feel free to adjust the cheese and cilantro level to your liking!

Reviews

[cndavis500]

This is my favorite mashed potatoes recipe. What a great flavor. I warmed up the milk before mashing.

 

[Bergy]

A great flavor booster. I cut the recipe back to serve 2 and subbed 2 tbsp lite cream cheese for the cheddar. Love the hot peppers in there - Served with a Mexican Pork steak recipe Lovely dinner

 

[Kumquat the Cats fr]

Okay, I made some adjustments to this, but it was an outstanding recipe start to add your favorites! Cheddar and green chilies were a great combo for two additions of a small tomato and two finely chopped green olives (leftovers I wanted to use up). I also substituted chile juice and a bit of white wine for the skim milk. I omitted butter entirely and added parsley (which I had on hand) instead of the cilantro as well as 1/4 teaspoon of garlic salt. We both decided this was terrific, and definitely worth making again. I had this recipe in one of my cookbooks for a long time, and I'm glad I finally made it!

 

[*Parsley*]

Wonderful mashed potatoes. I added a little extra cheese. I loved the chopped green chilies in there! I'll make tators this way again; thnx!

 

[Swan Valley Tammi]

This was good, but not quite enough flavour for my own taste. I added some garlic powder and onion salt and that improved it I thought, but I felt it still needed some sauteed onions or something like that. Of course, that would make it taste very similar to my usual mashed potato casserole, so maybe I just need to expand my horizons a little!!