One Pot Mashed Potatoes with Meatballs & Gravy

then Cook a simple, comfort food dinner from scratch with me on a busy weeknight when I only have about 40 minutes to work with – one pot mashed potatoes with meatballs & gravy

I am not a meal prepper by any means.  But that doesn’t mean I’m not prepared, I just prep in my own way.  One thing you can always find in my fridge is a 9″x13″ pan with thawed meat of some sort – ready to be made into a meal.

On this particular day, I had about 40 minutes to make a meal from scratch with 2 lbs of ground beef.  I quickly set up my camera and made one of my easy, go-to ground beef meals from scratch: one pot mashed potatoes with meatballs & gravy.

Once you switch to one pot mashed potatoes – you’ll never go back!  Save time, work, & dishes doing it this way.

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How to Make One Pot Mashed Potatoes

You don’t actually need a “recipe” for this technique.  Peel however many potatoes you want, dice them, throw them into a pot with some butter, cover 3/4 the way with whole milk, and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the potatoes are tender enough to be mashed.  Then mash, season with salt and pepper to taste, and serve!

1. Peel however many potatoes you want
2. Dice potatoes
3. Add them to a large pot with some butter (I use about 1/4 cup butter with 6 potatoes)
4. Pour whole milk into the pot to cover the potatoes about 3/4 way
5. Cover with a lid and then simmer on low-med for 15-20 minutes until tender
6. Mash with a potato masher right in the pot
7. Season with salt & pepper to taste
8. Serve

Stephanie Dieckman

One Pot Mashed Potatoes with Meatballs & Gravy

this is the simplest, most delicious mashed potato recipe you'll ever make! Serve as a side with any meal or with these Swedish meatballs & gravy

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

One Pot Mashed Potatoes

• 6 whole potatoes peeled & diced
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2-3 cups whole milk
• 1 t salt to taste
• 1/4 t pepper

Swedish Meatballs

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 egg
• 1 cup breadcrumbs or 4 pieces of dry bread
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 medium onion diced
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1 t salt
• 1/2 t nutmeg
• 1/4 t allspice

Gravy

• 4 T butter
• 1/4 cup flour
• 4 cups beef bone broth
• 1/4 cup cream
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/4 t pepper
• fresh parsley for garnish

Method

 

One Pot Mashed Potatoes

1. Peel however many potatoes you want
2. Dice potatoes
3. Add them to a large pot with some butter (I use about 1/4 cup butter with 6 potatoes)
4. Pour whole milk into the pot to cover the potatoes about 3/4 way
5. Cover with a lid and simmer on low-med for 15-20 minutes until tender (If oyu'll be making the meatballs - start them now)
6. Mash with a potato masher right in the pot
7. Season with salt & pepper to taste
8. Serve

Swedish Meatballs & Gravy

1. Heat a large skillet with a bit of oil or butter
2. Add all meatball ingredients to a large mixing bowl and mix together with your hands very well.
3. Shape into 1" meatballs
4. Add all of the meatballs to the hot skillet and cook for about 2 minutes on each side.
5. Set the meatballs aside on a plate (they will not be cooked in the middle at this point, that's ok)
6. Use the same skillet to make the gravy - add 4 T butter to the skillet
7. When the butter is browned, whisk in the flour to make a roux
8. Let the roux bubble for a minute or 2, being careful not to let it burn.
9. Slowly begin pouring in the beef bone broth, whisking the whole time.
10. Pour in cream, add salt & pepper, whisking while doing so
11. Return the meatballs to the gravy right away and let them finish cooking while the gravy simmers and thickens.
12. If making with mashed potatoes, mash and seasn the potatoes now.
13. After 10 minutes or so, the gravy should be thick and the meatballs cooked through, serve over top of mashed potatoes & with fresh parlsey.
    

Notes

• If you'd like for your mashed potatoes to be thinner, add more milk or sour cream after mashing.

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