Hint: It’s not boiling!

Luckily, theres a better way.

Stop Boiling Potatoes and Do This Instead

Steaming beats boiling for many reasons.

A bowl of creamy mashed potatoes with a butter pat on top

Simply Recipes / Photo by Julia Gartland / Food styling by Kaitlin Wayne

Second, you use the same amount of water for any amount of potatoes.

Finally, no contact with water means no flavor dilution!

They make the best potatoes for mashing, especially if youre steaming instead of boiling.

Steamer basket used to make a summer stone fruit salad with champagne vinaigrette.

Alison Bickel

Simply Recipes / Photo by Andrew Bui / Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne

A bowl of mashed potatoes with butter melting on top of it

Simply Recipes / Photo by Andrew Bui / Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne