Potatoes are so versatile. You can bake them, mash them, or serve them in casseroles. Cooking potatoes in the oven can take quite a while, though. What if you don’t have hours to bake them in the oven?
How can you cook a large amount of potatoes to feed a large family in a short amount of time? If you’re asking those questions I’m here to show you how to cook potatoes in the electric pressure cooker!
How to Cook Potatoes in the Electric Pressure Cooker
If you want to cook a large amount of potatoes in a short amount of time, pull out your electric pressure cooker!
Here’s how to Cook Potatoes in the Electric Pressure Cooker. I used my much loved 14 Quart Go Wise electric pressure cooker to cook up nearly a ton of potatoes for several large family recipes!
Here’s my Amazon Affiliate link for the 14 Quart Go Wise Electric Pressure Cooker. This electric pressure cooking beast has been everything I hoped for in my large family cooking world – yes and amen!
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It’s easy to cook a big batch of potatoes in your electric pressure cooker!
Ingredients
• 10 lbs of washed potatoes
Instructions
- Place 10 pounds of washed potatoes in a 14-qt pressure cooker.
- Add one cup of water.
- Cook on manual high for 7 minutes.
Notes
It takes 10 minutes to build up pressure, 7 minutes to cook, and about 10 minutes to pressure release.
I made 30 pounds of potatoes (10 lbs three times total) this round. I used 20 pounds to make freezer mashed potatoes, and then I used the other 10 pounds to top our freezer shepherd’s pie.
What will you do with your potatoes cooked in the electric pressure cooker?
If you’d like more ideas for large family cooking here’s a favorite large family chili recipe! You can also find a growing list of large family instant pot and electric pressure cooking recipes here!
