Grammy's Kitchen · Mashed Potatoes · Tex-Mex Mashed Potatoes
One of 115 mashed potatoes recipes we measured
10 cooks on www.gimmesomeoven.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 115.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 4% | 5% |
| dairy | 11% | 11% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 9% | 0% |
| protein add | 11% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1361 g | 3 pounds red (or Yukon Gold) potatoes (roughly cut into 1-inch pieces) |
| 57 g | 4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) butter (divided) |
| 150 g | 1 small white onion (peeled and diced (about 1 cup)) |
| 120 g | 1 small green bell pepper (cored and diced (about 1 cup)) |
| 120 g | 1 small red bell pepper (cored and diced (about 1 cup)) |
| 15 g | 1 jalapeno (seeded and finely diced) |
| 227 g | 2 (4-ounce) cans Old El Paso chopped green chiles |
| 170 g | 1 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese |
| 183 g | 3/4 cup milk (warmed (add more if needed)) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt (or more to taste) |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon black pepper (or more to taste) |
| (optional toppings: thinly-sliced green onions (extra shredded sharp cheddar cheese)) |
Method: 4 steps, published by www.gimmesomeoven.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“WOW...WOW...OMG..WOW These were so good, I had to keep testing them to make sure one more time ? yes, I did leave some for dinner! The only alteration that I made, was I had some habanero cheddar cheese I had bought from Costco, I shredded some and threw in” — a cook, 5.0★
“I recently moved from Ft Worth to California and I really miss Abuelo's papas - for anyone that has never had the privilege, these are indeed magical - really. Your recipe is an outstanding tribute and I will be making these often. Cheers - truly excellent!” — a cook, 5.0★