Chef John's recipes have become my bedtime stories - i watch them to relax before sleep :)

Man I could listen to this guy's voice all day. It's creamier than his potatoes

I'm so happy to see how you made your mash!!! Beautiful! In Italy we make 1KG Potatoes 30g Parmesan 30g Butter (the real, fresh one) 200cl Milk Nutmeg and salt. Whip it up to make it fluffy and airy and IS JUST PERFECTION. A simple mash potato can be just heaven, you can trust me friends!!

My cardiologist just had a heart attack from me watching this video.

mashed butter with potato and salt seasoning

Each year I make this same recipe for Thanksgiving & these mashed potatoes are always a hit! The only thing I add is 1 whole head of roasted garlic to every 3lbs of potatoes for ultimate sweet garlic flavor. You put the whole garlic head in aluminum foil, drizzle some olive oil, wrap it up & put them in the oven to broil for 12-15 mnts to roast them. once they're roasted you unwrap them & cut(sideways) the entire top of each whole head exposing all the cloves & squeezing all cloves into the mashed potatoes. Using an electric mixer or regular wisker make sure to mix all the garlic into the potatoes until the garlic is desolved & it's done. Butter roasted garlic mashed potatoes are to die for 😂. Enjoy!

Made these today for the first time...Awesome! This method finally gave me the smoothest, creamiest and best tasting mashed potatoes, ever. I was in charge of bringing the mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving for 17 people. I got sooo many compliments and was told I'm in charge of the mashed potatoes from now on, lol! I don't need to learn any other method. This wins hands down!

"These will make about 8 portions." *The fat controller laughed.* You are wrong.

"Listen to me now and hear me later" -Chef John

ONE POUND OF EUROPEAN BUTTER??? If I didn't love you before...... You're my hero Chef John!

Well, Chef. This Christmas I did your honey glazed ham, mac and cheese, green bean casserole and this mashed potato recipe. Also did an apple pie my own recipe. They came in for seconds on these potatoes. Complemented everything else. I let them all know I got them from you. Thank you so much.

"The potato is only there to stop the butter from splitting" Marco Pierre White.

I tried your recipe yesterday and the result was INSANE!! Everybody went crazy about it. My dad actually said "what is this heaven going on in my mouth?!" And I and my brother couldn't stop eating it. Thank you so much for this recipe. 😍😍😍

70% butter 30% potatoe

I made this and of course, it came out PERFECTLY! I had my young son over to assist. He was at first appalled when I told him I would be using one POUND of butter, but this didn't stop him from devouring a whole lot of these ultimate mashed potatoes. I ate a whole lot of these myself! I think I will limit making these to twice a year. (I have enough cardiac problems as it is!)

I'm pretty sure the American Cardiology Association gives him kick backs.

Eight generous portions? O.o You meant two, right?

I'm naming my first child Buttato.

this is my favourite recipe to come back to and watch again when I'm feeling sad. might be the Frenchest thing on this channel 💜

Now that I've discovered using a ricer for my potatoes, I can't imagine going back to the potato masher. It makes them soooo light & fluffy. My ricer & his recipe - can't wait to try!

Who is this guy? He is a great presenter! Lots of personality and a great cook! Subscribed!

I'm back here for the 3rd year in a row because I always get compliments when I use this recipe 👌

These are absolutely the best potatoes I've ever made!

I am 100% convinced that - good fats (i.e. fresh butter from meadow cows, unprocessed oils, lard from free running pigs..) are healthy no matter how much you eat of them, whereas - bad fats (industrial, transformed, from stressed animals) are to be avoided altogether. So, yes, i fully agree with this amount of good butter in the mashed potatos. Thank you for the video!

I ate at a Polish restaurant the other day and, instead of chives, they had a bit of fresh dill on top of the mash potatos. It was a revelation!

Damn You could basically butter a toast with this

Making these luxurious potatoes today for Thanksgiving. My husband freaked out when he saw 2lbs of butter on the counter (double recipe). Thanks so much for always leveling up my cooking game!

Also a fan of your humor while teaching which makes learning from you easier somehow and more pleasant!

John! I tried this recipe and it was honestly the best mashed potatoes I've ever had. And I made it all by myself! My mom was a little weary about the amount of butter though. I wholeheartedly loved it and will make it again later, for sure. Thanks John! You're the best.

Ultimate Mashed Butter within some mashed potatoes.

I cant thank you enough for this. I'm new to cooking and made this for Thanksgiving today. Turned out perfectly.. so easy and delicious..

Chef John, you make me a better person.

In my experience, length never compensates for girth... But we could be talking two different things.

Paula Deen approved recipe.

One of the older mean ladies at work who is in charge of all of our potlucks browsed the crock pots of other mashed potatoes and looked disgusted. Then she looked at mine, put them on her plate, tasted them she said, "THIS is mashed potatoes."

I saw someone in a reddit thread saying they use a 2:1 ratio of potatoes to butter. That means that he uses 33% more butter, proportionally, than chef John. Holy shit.

Ok, you convinced me that more is better when it comes to butter (in mashed potatoes)!

This sounds almost exactly like my mash potato recipe except for one thing. When I cook my potatoes I cook them in chicken broth, veggie broth, or beef broth depending on what I'm serving it with. The broth adds that extra bit of seasoning that you can't get from just adding salt and pepper. Everything else I do exactly as chef Johns recipe. If you want your company raving about your potatoes and wanting to know your secret try them this way. They will taste them but won't be able to figure out what's making them sooooooo good! Thanks Chef John!😊👍

Looks great, i love butter and potatoes, being an irish fellow

I made this a few years back and my family loved it so much I am in charge of making mashed potatoes every holiday season. Thanks chef. Kidding… must try potatoes. You will not regret it.

Tried this earlier today for a potluck gathering session and was so afraid it would taste too buttery.... But in fact, and it was above and beyond!!! My friends were surprised on how good the mashed tasted. Oh, i added some fresh lemon juice to it too for an extra refreshing n zesty taste. Thanks Chef John, it is incredibly yummy!!!! :))) Cant wait to make more of it soon!

This recipe is exactly WHY you are my favouite chef!!! EVER :D :D Its an amazing feeling to see someone who knows how crucial butter is to our life hehe or at least to our taste buds :D Will definitely try this...Thank you Chef John :D

My 9 yr old, 6 yr old, and 38 yr old (that’s me) LOVE this show - your French Toast video has changed my breakfast game.

I made these and they were soooooo good 😋 I highly recommend 👍🏻

just made this, and it's the best mashed potatoes I've had

Butatto sounds about right.

I made these potatoes yesterday, and they were awesome!!!! I followed instructions to the letter. I used good salted European butter, two blocks of it...PLUGRA brand. I know Alton Brown and Geoffrey Zakarian have said they prefer Kerrygold brand, but we taste tested both, and PLUGRA won hands down...and no, it's not too much butter. The best part of this method for me being 71 y.o., dammit to hell, is I did NOT need a big potato ricer, which is another darn thing to clean up and hard for me to crank now that I'm older. No lumps. Not gummy at all. Just wonderful. Cleanup is a breeze. We had wonderful Chicken Kiev that I had made up and froze last week. Not really a turkey fan. The potatoes were a great side that was worthy of a well made Kiev. No comparison to a frozen store bought one, even though they are passable when in a hurry, but not for an elegant Thanksgiving dinner. Loved seeing Chef John the other day, live talking to us all out here.

Again, from just 3 of your videos i made a tremendous fabtastic meal for 8, i used Ghee butter for these and they are ridiculously delicious!! thank U!

"I think I'll have some mashed potatoes with that butter"

I was getting ready to make these beautiful potatoes, my sister goes to the grocery store and I'm so excited, and then the nightmare: No butter.

I made this for Thanksgiving and everyone LOVED these mashed potatoes. I honestly think this is the best recipe for mashed potatoes.

My grandma (she is a three time great grandma) is now 93 years old, had a dairy farm her whole life ate plenty of eggs, butter and cheese... But my favorite quote from her is "if cows have to have salt to live then so do people". She has no health problems other than knee replacement and high blood pressure that she had her whole life and she is not willing to take blood pressure medication because she'd seen so many people die from taking them. On the flip side I had a grandma that ate nothing but "healthy" food her whole life and died in her mid 70's... Guess who I'll listen to. BTW, she still lives alone in her house, not assisted living.

You: Dont garnish with anything, they dont need it! Me: CHIVES!!! I NEED CHIVES!!!! FRESH CHIIIIIVEESSSSSSS!!!!!! You: Except for maybe some chives! Me: Oh! K.

i made these for thanksgiving last year and they were heavenly. Came back to review the steps.

Chef John, I gotta say I just love your demeanor. You are a treasure.

Potatoes, butter... what's not to love! Our house favorite has 1/2 of the butter used to sweat onion and garlic! Oh, so good! Thank you for sharing a part of your day with us!

In Britain our mash is more hard and plain, not creamy! When I first tried American, I actually felt sick because of how creamy and rich it was! (It was amazing though)

just made this and it taste AMAZING! thanks for the recipe

I love mashed potatoes as well as the copious amount of butter

I lovvveh ur narration in every video its the actual reason i c them n yes sure ur cooking is amazing

Amazing. I remember watching Anthony Bourdain vid and he asks the super chef in france somewhere....."how much butter did you put in these potatoes?" This all makes sense now.

I don't know whether I love this or hate this ......

I make these all of time. I love them.

I made it and it's great! Even my 2 sons (12,13) liked it.👍🏼🙂

Buttato. Gonna make some buttato for Thanksgiving.

1:46 Holy Paula Dean:○

It was very generous of you to add some potatoes to your butter recipe. Looks good, though.

Made this again today, following this updated recipe rather than the older one with the Red, White, and Blueberry Grilled Chicken. Tasted like perfection.

every time I use one of those wire mashers they never work that well haha! I prefer my grandmothers old masher, its a grid pattern and leaves no surviving potato chunks

I made these! ABSOLUTELY, HANDS DOWN, THE BEST MASHED POTATOES....EVER!!! My husband was in heaven! I will make them like this every time I make mashed potatoes! You have to! You can't go back! Once you've had these, oh my goodness, it ruins you for all other mashed potatoes!

Oh John, you’re simply the best! 🧈

You are too awesome! In EVERY WAY!!! thank you thank you thank you....from an Alabama girl who knows nothing of "too much butter"...........thank you!

Where is the blog post? I need some sort of justification for Buttato

please don't ever stop making videos. You rule cooking videos. I'm a HUGE fan!!!! 😁

OK, I made them. But I tweaked a little. First I cooked UNPEELED potatos whole. When about 2/3 done, I removed (reserveing water) and when they cooled enoug, I peeled them. I then cut them up and placed them in reserved water and finished cooking them. ROughly 2 lbs. potatos. I used a little more than one stick of SOFTENED butter (per your recommendation). And I used a small amount of the potato water. My grandmother ALWAYS told me, potatos lose HALF their taste if you peel them before cooking. Your method (combined with mine) produced the smoothest, tastiest mashed potatos EVER!!!

I have made these for yeeeeeears. This recipe. Always a hit!

I love this guys humor

I love mashed potatoes John, but a bit too much butter there.Maybe just a couple of those cut up pieces

I know, I know you've probably heard before....You have a great radio voice!!

My mom was famous for her mashed potatoes. They were light and fluffy. Guess why? she used powdered milk mixed in water, along with a medium amount of butter, then whipped them with a mixer. The less fat you use, the fluffier and lighter they are! She would only add more butter as needed when whipping. Man, people loved them.

Lol what are the 3 secrets of French cuisine? Butter, butter and BUTTER!

Would you like some potato with your butter sir .. ;)

Thank You for sharing !!!!! I followed this step by step and these truly are " The Best Mashed Potatoes " I have ever made.

Who are you? I've been watching non-stop for couple of weeks now. I'm a great cook but you've filled my head with so many ideas it's ready to explode! I've got to make these potatoes.

The food gods are smiling right now.

High carb low fat vegans will LOVE this video !

I watched this a while back but decided I should brush up since I’m making dinner for a date tonight. Trying to be a brother Fredo, to my mashed potato.

I am officially my family's mashed potato and sweet potato pie maker (altered from your pumpkin pie recipe). Chef John will win you friends, FACT!

I thinks it's better to have a little potato with your butter than a little butter with your potato. LOL. ;)

The buttah, the bettah! ;0)

It is indeed one of the most delicious dish on in the universe.

I don’t make great mashed potatoes. Just can’t get them right…. So I use instant! This year I decided I CAN DO THIS! I used your recipe and they were good! MY potatoes were GOOD! WooOooOo…. 🎉 🥔 🎉🥔🎉🥔😋😋😋

I'm sure you saw this coming. Show this much butter in a single camera shot and people are going to go batshit insane. That's probably just what butter does to humans. They may pretend they don't want it, but secretly they're just upset because they can't taste that. However, I have to say, while I do see this being fine for a holiday meal once a year, when I clicked on this I was hoping for more of an everyday "ultimate" mashed potato recipe. Something to just spice up the classic. I was thinking something along the lines of your twice-baked potatoes, with green onions, cheese, cream and an egg yolk, just to make the mundane a bit more exciting. Maybe you could do a recipe on that as well sometime? Thanks Chef John, and please do make witty comebacks to all the silly haters.

Good vid. I fry the peels into potato chips.

I made these and everyone loved them...which is amazing since this is the first time I've made mashed potatoes...so I thank you very much

I’ve made this recipe before and OMG delish!!!!

ill have some mashed potatoes with some extra butter wait hold the potatoes

By the way I have done this recipe and agree that a nutmeg garnish is perfect for Thanksgiving and gives just the perfect earthy nuty twinge that everyone enjoys yet can't figure out lol.

Omg these potatoes are good. I usually make my potatoes with chicken stock and heavy whipping cream. I forgot to but it and decided to try this recipe instead. NOT DISAPPOINTED!!! These potatoes are so rich and creamy and irresistible. Almost addicting. Thanks for another awesome recipe. They always turn out awesome.

I've been making this recipe for 4 years now. I always chicken out at the last second and don't put all the butter in. Thank you Chef John! Also I love your 666 deviled eggs. Also every Christmas I make this I am comforted knowing every line John will say.