Plan to cook about 1/2 pound of potatoes per person. This recipe calls for 5 pounds of potatoes, so it will serve about 10 adults. I tested this recipe in a 5 quart slow cooker. A double recipe will not fit in a 5-quart slow cooker, but 1 1/2 times the recipe (about 8 pounds...
How Many Potatoes Should You Make Per Person for Mashed Potatoes? In general, plan to serve about half a pound of potatoes per person. If you're feeding four people then use two pounds of potatoes. This will ensure you have four generous servings of mashed potatoes without too much leftove...
If you’re looking for something a little more adventurous, I also have recipes for Pumpkin Mashed Potatoes and Broccoli and Cheese Mashed Potatoes. How many potatoes for mashed potatoes? You’ll need 1 pound Russet potatoes for small batch mashed potatoes, which is roughly 2 large Russet potat...
When mashed potatoes are served as a side dish, you can safely plan on ½ pound of potatoes per person. That means this recipe for Garlic Mashed Potatoes which calls for 3 pounds will safely serve 6 people. You can scale the recipe up from there to meet your serving needs. How to ma...
A general rule of thumb is 1/2 pound of (raw) potatoes per person when making mashed potatoes. The average medium potato weighs 1/2 pound. So, since this recipe calls for 12 potatoes it provides 12 servings. (But, see my comment on serving sizes in the post above.) Of course, that...
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