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How to cook Frozen pierogi? Boil or Fry?


beckski  12 | 1609  
16 Jun 2010 /  #31
Most of my family serves them fried & swimming in butter (instant artery cloggers.)
plk123  8 | 4119  
16 Jun 2010 /  #32
Also never eaten alone but with a meat dish either polish sausage or polish ham.

i eat them alone all the time.. there is no need to add to their greatness. :)
shewolf  5 | 1077  
16 Jun 2010 /  #33
How about boil first and then fry?
plk123  8 | 4119  
16 Jun 2010 /  #34
if frozen, that is the way to go.. that is how i ALWAYS eat them... just boiled just doesn't look appealing at all..
tygrys  2 | 290  
16 Jun 2010 /  #35
How about boil first and then fry?

That's how I always eat them things, i guess I could try to fry them frozen but afraid they might fall apart
plk123  8 | 4119  
16 Jun 2010 /  #36
i guess I could try to fry them frozen but afraid they might fall apart

they'lll really stick and also burn before you ever get the centers warm enough to eat.
shewolf  5 | 1077  
16 Jun 2010 /  #37
You could defrost in the microwave first and then fry.
f stop  24 | 2493  
16 Jun 2010 /  #38
Since I'm lazy, I do it all in one step: in a skillet with tightly fitting lid I put butter, then diced onions with salt and pepper, then frozen pierogi. I add just a teaspoon or two of water, cover and cook on medium-low, about 10-15 minutes until onions are done, then flip the pierogi and do their other side.
plk123  8 | 4119  
16 Jun 2010 /  #39
that's not the same though.
polkamaniac  1 | 482  
16 Jun 2010 /  #40
Once a year?????? go to any Polish deli store---and living in Chicago there is a huge Polish community----get some homemade frozen pierogi and even some stores sell them fresh.You can never have enough of these dumplings.


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f stop  24 | 2493  
16 Jun 2010 /  #41
that's not the same though.

hey, have you tried my method?
polkamaniac  1 | 482  
16 Jun 2010 /  #42
we do that on the frying pan when we have leftovers on the next day.
f stop  24 | 2493  
17 Jun 2010 /  #43
We just got a first European Deli in my town! My poor family does not have to stink up their cars driving kabanosy from Chicago anymore. They have home made pierogi, sledziki... hurray!
Chicago Pollock  7 | 503  
17 Jun 2010 /  #44
plk123

they'lll really stick and also burn before you ever get the centers warm enough to eat.

Think cast iron

Once a year?????? go to any Polish deli store---and living in Chicago there is a huge Polish community----get some homemade frozen pierogi and even some stores sell them fresh.You can never have enough of these dumplings.

I'm from there but now I live in that "Great American Hinterland". I like homemade, fact is I've never liked store/deli bought ones. Just not the same.
plk123  8 | 4119  
17 Jun 2010 /  #45
Think cast iron

unless it's really greased up, they'll stick to that too..
Chicago Pollock  7 | 503  
17 Jun 2010 /  #46
plk123

unless it's really greased up, they'll stick to that too.

Cast iron is great. Spreads the heat evenly. If it's properly seasoned, they won't stick. But ya gotta buy quality "Lodge", not the cheapo imports. I forgot, ya gotta have kielbasa with 'em too.
plk123  8 | 4119  
17 Jun 2010 /  #47
lodge? pfff... i have wagner, griswold other old stuff.. still sticks but having kilebasa in there helps. lol
simplesunflower  
6 Sep 2010 /  #48
my mom usually boils them and then sautes them in butter and onions. they taste amazing, but i have heard people saying that you shouldn't boil them because it decreases the taste... i think boiling them is your best bet :)
polkamaniac  1 | 482  
7 Sep 2010 /  #49
Boiling is the only way to eat these babies.Then --leftovers the next day are for the frying pan smothered in butter
beckski  12 | 1609  
7 Sep 2010 /  #50
Had these fried puppies in Warsaw. Tasty, but a bit too crisp for my liking. Kind of similar to Chinese dumplings.
polkamaniac  1 | 482  
8 Sep 2010 /  #51
may be similar on the outside----but it's the inside that counts.
sledz  23 | 2247  
8 Sep 2010 /  #52
You can buy the best frozen Pierogis from this place:

alexandrapierogi.com

I boil them first, then fry em in a pan till they get a little crispy.

Ill pass on pouring Bacon grease all over them:)
beckski  12 | 1609  
8 Sep 2010 /  #53
Here's some of the fried, crispy critters we had purchased in Warszawa...


  • fried.jpg
Eurola  4 | 1898  
8 Sep 2010 /  #54
Was it at the 'Pierogarnia" restaurant in Warsaw by any chance? That's the one I went to with my cousin on my last visit. Somewhere off Aleje Jerozolimskie.. cute place.
ShawnH  8 | 1488  
8 Sep 2010 /  #55
I boil them first, then fry em in a pan till they get a little crispy.

Amen, Brother

Ill pass on pouring Bacon grease all over them:)

Pouring isn't the right word... More like recycling. Fry those puppies in the bacon grease!
beckski  12 | 1609  
8 Sep 2010 /  #56
Was it at the 'Pierogarnia" restaurant in Warsaw by any chance?

I don't recall the name of the restaurant. It was located on the same block as the Westin Hotel.
ShawnH  8 | 1488  
8 Sep 2010 /  #57
Was it at the 'Pierogarnia" restaurant in Warsaw by any chance? That's the one I went to with my cousin on my last visit. Somewhere off Aleje Jerozolimskie.. cute place.

This one?


  • Pierogi Restaurant Warszawa
Eurola  4 | 1898  
8 Sep 2010 /  #58
Thanks, I mapped the location and it's not the same place..
beckski  12 | 1609  
8 Sep 2010 /  #59
Pierogi Restaurant Warszawa

I took a photo of a restaurant in Old Town Warszawa with the same name. Not sure if it's the same one. Possibly there's more than one location?


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sledz  23 | 2247  
8 Sep 2010 /  #60
Fry those puppies in the bacon grease!

Pierogis are fattening enough, Ive been using olive oil to fry them.

They are one of my favorite foods, definitely!

This one?

It has ghosts too,,lol

Here's some of the fried, crispy critters we had purchased in Warszawa

Those look yummy!

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