Mexican Crema Can Help You Get Creamier Mashed Potatoes

Mashed Potatoes
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The thing with mashed potatoes is that the creamier they are, the better they taste. This is at least the case with most people because we recognize some of you like potato chunks in mashed potatoes, although we don’t understand why.

Now, there are all sorts of ways that you can make mashed potatoes creamier. You can mix in more butter, add mayonnaise, or introduce some chicken or vegetable stock to it, and the creaminess will be satisfactory. But it turns out that there is one ingredient that can do it a lot better than all of the others, at least according to TikTok user @britscookin.

This food content creator shares all sorts of recipes on her social media and always reveals a few tricks of the trade that can help you become better at making your favorite food. In the case of mashed potatoes, @britscookin can be seen adding Mexican crema to her mashed potatoes in order to achieve the perfect creaminess. And by the looks of it, it does the job.

You should be able to get Mexican crema in the majority of well-stocked grocery chains as well as on Amazon. The product is similar to sour cream but has a higher fat content and thinner consistency.