One Pot Mashed Potatoes with Meatballs & Gravy

5 from 7 votes

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.

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Total Time35

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: mashed potatoes, meat and potatoes, one pot meals

Servings: servings

Calories: 906kcal

Author: Stephanie Dieckman

.Peel however many potatoes you want
Dice potatoes.
Add them to a large pot with some butter (I use about 1/4 cup butter with 6 potatoes).
Pour whole milk into the pot to cover the potatoes about 3/4 way.
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).
Mash with a potato masher right in the pot.
Season with salt & pepper to taste.
Serve.

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

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