How to cook Frozen pierogi? Boil or Fry?

Most of my family serves them fried & swimming in butter (instant artery cloggers.)

i eat them alone all the time.. there is no need to add to their greatness. :)

How about boil first and then fry?

if frozen, that is the way to go.. that is how i ALWAYS eat them... just boiled just doesn't look appealing at all..

That's how I always eat them things, 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.

You could defrost in the microwave first and then fry.

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.

that's not the same though.

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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hey, have you tried my method?

we do that on the frying pan when we have leftovers on the next day.

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!

plk123


Think cast iron


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.

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

plk123


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.

lodge? pfff... i have wagner, griswold other old stuff.. still sticks but having kilebasa in there helps. lol

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 :)

Boiling is the only way to eat these babies.Then --leftovers the next day are for the frying pan smothered in butter

Had these fried puppies in Warsaw. Tasty, but a bit too crisp for my liking. Kind of similar to Chinese dumplings.

may be similar on the outside----but it's the inside that counts.

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:)

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

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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.

Amen, Brother


Pouring isn't the right word... More like recycling. Fry those puppies in the bacon grease!

I don't recall the name of the restaurant. It was located on the same block as the Westin Hotel.

This one?

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Thanks, I mapped the location and it's not the same place..

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

They are one of my favorite foods, definitely!


It has ghosts too,,lol


Those look yummy!