Creamy Garlic Potatoes

Creamy Garlic Potatoes is a quick stovetop recipe that requires only 6 ingredients and is the perfect side dish to serve with many of your favorite entrees. It's a super simple potato recipe to throw together during the busy week.

Why you'll love creamy garlic potatoes

• Rich and comforting: I love using heavy cream stirred in Creamy Potatoes at the end because it helps to create a creamy texture for the potatoes while they are still hot.
• Garlic flavor: Sautéed garlic is the secret ingredient.
• Versatile side dish: Pairs well with everything from roasted chicken to grilled steak or holiday roasts.
• Crowd-pleaser: Familiar, cozy flavors that everyone at the table will love.

Ingredients

• Potatoes: To make creamy potatoes, I always use white potatoes. They are small in size which is perfect for this recipe. I also like them because they have smooth skin which I leave on.
• Heavy cream: The creamy texture is what makes every bite melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
• Garlic: I use freshly chopped garlic only for that pungent flavor that gets cooked down of course, but you kitchen will smell amazing.
• Butter: I used only 1 tablespoon.
• Salt and pepper: Don't be shy using salt especially when boiling the potatoes since salt will inevitably evaporate.

How to Prepare Creamy Potatoes

This recipe consists of 3 simple steps: cooking the potatoes, making creamy garlic sauce and putting the dish all together.

1. Cook the potatoes

• First, add water to the medium saucepan and start heating it up. Add ½ teaspoon of sea salt.
• Next, rinse the potatoes in the sink, but I do not peel them. I like to have potato skins on. Potato skins are a rich source of vitamin C and we want that.
• Now I cut potatoes in half, and then quarter them and add these bite size pieces into your boiling water.

2. Make creamy garlic sauce

• Add butter to the empty saucepan, allow it to melt and then add chopped garlic. Cook for 3 minutes until garlic is golden and flavorful.
• Next add cream and reduce the heat, cook garlic with cream for about 5 minutes.

3. Dish assembly

• Add drained potatoes to this cream sauce. Season generously with salt and pepper - just a bit, to taste.
• Add chopped parsley and mix well. Done!

Pro tips

• When I make creamy potatoes, I always add garlic. It just tastes like it belongs there. I usually use four cloves of garlic. With that said, you can add as little or as much garlic as you want.
• My little trick is to slightly cook the garlic in the butter to take the edge off so you don't have that stronger raw garlic taste. 

Variations and substitutions

• Potatoes: Instead of small yellow potatoes you can also use baby potatoes, Irish Potatoes or red skin potatoes. Or any potatoes with smooth and thin skin will be great in this Creamy Potatoes recipe.
• I successfully used half-and-half to make these creamy potatoes.
• Another great option is to use sour cream. Because the creaminess is what makes this side dish so amazing, sour cream is a great substitution!
• If you are traveling light, you can substitute heavy cream with low fat sour cream. 
• I also recommend substituting heavy cream with sour cream mixed with milk.
• Add dill: Yes, chopped dill does wonderful things for these creamy garlic potatoes. We used to do it all the time when I was little.

Leftovers, reheating and storage

• Refrigerate: Creamy garlic potatoes are best fresh, but leftovers will keep for 3-4 days in an airtight container in the fridge.
• Reheat: I reheat them on a low heat and add a splash more cream and then add 1 more chopped clove of garlic to restore that fresh flavor.

What to serve creamy potatoes with

I love eating these with chicken breasts, steak, Oven-Roasted Tri-Tip Santa Maria Style or Easter ham! Below are some of the options that pair up well with creamy potatoes:

• Oven Baked Peri Peri Chicken
• Baked Curry Chicken
• Parmesan Crusted Chicken
• Baked Pork Tenderloin with Mustard Crust
• Easy Pan-Seared Pork Chops

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• Irish Mashed Potatoes with Bacon (Colcannon)
• Homemade Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
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