Microwave Mustard Mashed Potato

This Microwave Mustard Mashed Potato recipe adds a little more tang and texture to your ‘tats than your standard Mashed Potato dish. Our basic microwave mashed potato recipe as popular as it is now has a bad boy little brother. Microwave Mustard Mashed Potato will totally tantalize your taste-buds. By adding spring onion or scallion if you’re in the Western Hemisphere and a little wholegrain mustard, your mashed potato will go from bore to cor!

So lets get on with making some Microwave Mustard Mashed Potato…

You’ll Need

• 1 large Pyrex dish with lid
• 1 to 1 and half kgs of potatoes of any variety
• 1 Spring Onion / scallion
• Water
• Pinch of salt
• 1 tbsp butter or olive oil
• 1 tablespoon of wholegrain mustard
• 1/2 cup of milk

Method

1. Start boiling six cups of water in a kettle
2. Peel and wash the potatoes then chop into 3x3cm pieces
3. Put the potatoes in the Pyrex dish and cover them with the boiling water
4. Chuck in a pinch or two of salt and cover the dish
5. Place into the microwave and cook on full power for around 12 minutes or until the potatoes break up really easily
6. Slice the spring onions and leave to one side while potatoes are cooking
7. Drain the water from the potatoes into the sink and mash the potatoes with a potato masher or fork.
8. Add the milk, butter and mustard to the mashed potato and whip with a fork until smooth and creamy

To Serve

Microwave Mustard Mashed Potato goes really well with sausages or any other juicy meat.

Microwave Mustard Mashed Potato Tips

For extra tangy-ness,  you can add to your Microwave Mustard Mashed Potato a handful of grated or crumbled cheese to the potato along with the mustard.