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Instant Pot Mashed Cauliflower

Flavoursome and creamy instant pot mashed cauliflower. These veggie mashed potatoes are a wonderful side dish and perfect for midweek dinners, or for a holiday alternative to mashed potatoes.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Total Time13 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Instant Pot
Servings: 4
Calories: 49kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Let’s get making mashed cauliflower! Place 1.5 cups (360ml) of veggie stock into your instant pot. Then add your steamer basket ready for loading up with cauliflower florets. Next chop the cauliflower into medium florets and load them into the steamer basket.
    How To Make Instant Pot Cauliflower Mash?
  • Season the cauliflower with salt and pepper and your dried herbs and also add in the frozen garlic. Then add the lid and set the valve to sealing and pressure cook cauliflower for 8 minutes, followed by a quick pressure release.
    How To Make Instant Pot Cauliflower Mash?
  • After a quick pressure release, add a large bowl to your worktop and put a sieve over it. Put the cauliflower through the sieve and give it a couple of minutes to get rid of excessive moisture. Then push down on the cauliflower in the sieve to get rid of some extra bits. As you don’t want watery cauliflower mash.
    How To Make Instant Pot Cauliflower Mash?
  • Then transfer the cauliflower to a mixing bowl and add your mash extras and mash until smooth and grain free. Do a taste test and if needed add extra salt and pepper and seasonings to suit your taste. Then serve.
    How To Make Instant Pot Cauliflower Mash?

Notes

Liquid. I recommend some instant pot veggie stock as it really flavours the instant pot cooking pot and makes the cauliflower mash taste even better.
Draining. The draining process may seem excessive but it does get rid of any of the water and stops the cauliflower being watery once cooked.
Thanks for reading our cauliflower mash instant pot recipe on Recipe This. We have many more instant pot recipes for you to check out next. Though if you would like to see more veggie recipes then do check out our instant pot potatoes and carrots next.

Nutrition

Calories: 49kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 295mg | Potassium: 449mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 157IU | Vitamin C: 70mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1mg
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