How to cook Frozen pierogi? Boil or Fry?

I've used both methods of cooking frozen pierogi. but I recommend boiling in water...last time, I used the frying method...damn that hot oil, it really burns...

we don't use oil---fry them up in butter.

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Hi I've just moved to Poland, tried some pierogi at a restaurant and want to try and make it myself now, does anyone put anykind of sauce on it or anything? the pierogi I had in the restaurant had a kind of garlic butter with it, i think?

All we use is Sour cream,makes them taste great!!!!

they were used to fast from meat etc. during time before Christmas and served with healthy Beet soup

slowy fryed in butter under low heat

Why does my pierogi come out tough? These are not the home made ones; I buy them frozen and I boil them and then fry them until lightly golden. They taste very good but a knife is needed to cut through the noodle part.

I'm not a fan of the American frozen brands(Mrs. T's ) but when we have bought them, we didnt boil them, we just let them sit in water until they thawed and then cooked them in cast iron skillet with butter and onions(sometimes with diced bacon also). Usually as a side but sometimes with some cut up kielbasa as an entree.

I usually get mine from local churches, they sell them once a week(usually Fridays) and you can eat em there in the church or take em to go. There is a Ukrainian Catholic Church(some Poles go to Church there too) that sells them every week and some others like St. Johns. Old ladies make them usually and they are always good and well worth the $7 or $8 for a dozen. Pierogies are very popular in the Pittsburgh area.

post-gazette.com/stories/sectionfront/life/pierogies-fill-church-coffers-with-dough-292512

My wife's family also makes them here and there throughout the year. In late April and early May, I go hunting for Morel Mushrooms and if I get a lot, her father will usually make some pierogies with morel mushroom and cheese filling.

I'm with ChicagoPollack and like the sauerkraut ones. Also like the regular potato and cheese filling.

You never see the sweet pierogies(blueberry, strawberry, etc) in my neck of the woods very much, they are always savory.

My favorite baseball team the Pittsburgh Pirates dress 4 men up as Pierogies at each game and they have a race. Sauerkraut Saul, Oliver Onion, Jalapeno Hannah, and Cheese Chester.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pierogi_Race

youtube.com/watch?v=f_aS_Tugruo

It's stupid but it shows you how popular the pierogy is here in the Pittsburgh Area, Milwaukee has the same sort of thing with guys dressed up as sausages at their baseball games, they have a heavy German population and make Beer, cheese, and sausage. A lot of Central and Eastern European immigrants moved here to Pittsburgh to work in the mills and the pierogi has stuck around, and everybody eats them not just white folks with Polish roots. Same with Pork and Sauerkraut(also kielbasa with sauerkraut on top, hot dogs with sauerkraut on top, mashed potatoes with sauerkraut on top) on New Years Day last week, literally everybody eats it today, even black people. It's Good Luck and my mom always says it cleans your system out for the New Year

LOL I had no idea! Funny :)
Interesting, thanks for the info! :)

Pierogi is already a plural. No need to make it and anglicised plural. The singular of pierogi is pieróg.

Deep fry is good too!! Different than pan frying.

I had deep-fried pierogi in Warsaw. Tasted good, but kind of reminded me of Chinese dumplings.

Deep fried is rarer - most people don't have a chip pan or electric fryer in PL. Shallow frying tends to be something people do second time round, since they only really boil once.

hmmmm hippies is already plural, no need to make a polonized plural...

Deep fried pierogi? Yuck :(

But aren't samosas essentially deep fried pierogi (with spicier ingredients)? Do you dislike those?

I remember some years ago experimenting with different ways of preparing pierogies (a kind of pierogi fest) and the deep fried ones were pretty good (baked with an egg coating were kind of disappointing).

My favorite is boiled and then topped with brown onions (slow cook sliced onions in sunflower oil until they turn brown after about 20 minutes)

I thaw them in the microwave, but only just until they have lost the last bit of freezing. Then toss them into the pre-heated frying pan with some olive oil. Sliced onions can follow at the right time. Minced bacon is also nice if pre-cooked and added with the onions,

That works. The secret frying them is to do it slo, slow, slow.

here frozenpierogies.com you get get step by step how to cook frozen pierogies

working link frozen pierogies.

I prefer to boil them. They're much softer, the taste is better, but that's just my preferences.

Can you boil the pierogi's the night before and then fry them in butter and onions the next day?

Yes, yes you can.

Oh ya you can:) Ive been told my way of cooking pierogis is unacceptable by babcia lol

After they have been boiled, toss them in a frying pan with a touch of olive oil and cook them until both sides are crispy. Then sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on them (bacon bits are a plus) and serve.

Ive used mexican salsa on pierogis as well. It tastes good, like a mini polish burrito, if you could imagine that?

Pierogi fried in butter are really nice. You can definitely do it with home made pierogi, not sure about frozen once.

I cook frozen pierogies. Don't eat them all and put the leftovers in the fridge. Next day fry them in butter.

I don't think trying to fry frozen pierogies in butter would be a good idea they need to be boiled first.

That's what I meant: boil first and then fry to reheat.
But I've done it with home made pierogi only.

*frozen ONES of course
Sometimes I read what I wrote ...

I would do it that way. But, and it's a big but, fry very gently in solid fat rather than oil. Better a long time on a low heat than quickly at a high temperature.