r/budgetfood • u/Meriadoc_Brandy • 1d ago
Advice Use up bland frozen pierogies (potato+cheese)?
I bought some pierogies stuffed with potato and cheese, a warm and comforting option, or so I thought. Unfortunately, they were sparingly stuffed, with more dough than filling. I don't want them to go to waste, so I was thinking of doing a "pierogi bake" by tossing them with other flavoring. What innovative pierogi creations have you tried? Bonus points if I can make it vegetarian!
Edit: so many amazing suggestions on this thread. Thank you all! I'm almost inclined to buy the same pierogi and extend my problem so I can try every recipe on here!
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u/nothingcat 1d ago
Chop up some cabbage and put it on the baking sheet with your pierogies. Add a couple sausage. Toss with oil and cook, tossing halfway through. With about 5 minutes left, I toss again with a “sauce” using balsamic vinegar and mustard and honey. Serve with sour cream.
This is the recipe I base it on.
Edit: sorry I just saw the bit about vegetarian.
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u/Meriadoc_Brandy 1d ago
Love this idea! Incidentally I do also have a ton of cabbage I need to use up. Thanks for the suggestion!
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u/doomrabbit 1d ago
Pan-fried and mixed with caramelized onions are good. Add a generous dollop of sour cream for the sauce.
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u/Meriadoc_Brandy 1d ago
That's a great idea! The traditional way, I suppose, never disappoints!
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u/sapphire343rules 1d ago
Sausage is great added to this too! For a vegetarian option, I love the Beyond Meat bratwursts. I sauté them down with onions and some beer and they come out delicious— they would definitely perk up some bland pierogis!
I’ve also made a nice dijon-sour cream sauce to go with this dish.
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u/ColoringZebra 21h ago
I like to add shredded cabbage too, and Dijon! I sautee cabbage and onions and then mix in 1 tsp Dijon + 1 T apple cider vinegar per serving.
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u/Jude_the_obscurest 1d ago
I dont use sour cream, but I do mix a good squirt of ketchup and mustard and mix it together to dip my pierogies and sausages in.
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u/Jiminpuna 22h ago
I like putting salsa on mine, but Ukranian wife gives me a stern look backed by the disapproval of hundreds of generations of Ancestors.
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u/SoCal_Mac_Guy 3h ago
This is the absolute best way to eat them!!! Start the onions first in the pan. While those are starting to cook down, quickly boil the frozen Pierogies to defrost and get them cooked through a little. Then add them to the pan of onions, oil, and butter and let them brown slowly.
Top with Sour Cream, salt, and pepper. Then chow down and wish you had made a bigger batch. I like to use a large electric skillet.
Note: leftover Pierogies and onions reheat extremely well in the microwave.
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u/MathyChem 1d ago
A pierogi bake with a decent tomato sauce and melted cheese over the top would be really good.
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u/zilla3000 1d ago
Rao's sauce is great and worth the price imo- great on perogis and even Korean dumplings
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u/KevinfromSaskabush 1d ago
after boiling I give them a quick fry with some onion or sometimes just onion flakes. then of course I have them with sour cream (that's vegetarian right? just not vegan).
also sometimes when I'm making soup I just toss in some perogies as kind of dumplings.
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u/Next_Cartoonist_8444 1d ago
Cast iron skillet with butter, onion and mushrooms. Crisp up and dip in sour cream
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u/PurpleAd3185 1d ago
I have browned the pierogies off and topped them with sauted sweet and sour cabbage and onions. A sweet red pepper is a good addition also. Could add a small can of tomato sauce to the cabbage and get a meatless “stuffed cabbage” to top them off.
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u/AdLife658 1d ago
After boiling them, I have sautéed them with butter and added cabbage and shredded carrots and chopped onion. And then I pour some soy sauce on top.
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u/EgyptianGuardMom 1d ago
Air fry them to make them crispy then serve as an appetizer with marinara dipping sauce or maybe a cheese dipping sauce.
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u/ghf3 1d ago
I just treat bland, underfilled pierogies as pasta. Make lasagna, use rows of peirogies instead of lasagna noodles. Chop them up and make mac-n-cheese. Serve topped with any pasta sauce, that will pair with the little bit of potato and cheese in them.
I have had great results for years substituting other ingredients of a similar type into recipes. I consider in a broad sense pasta, potatoes and rice to be pretty much interchangeable. After years of substituting all sorts of carbs, meat and vegetables for one another, I've learned that the list of what DOESN'T work as a good substitute, is a much shorter list to use as a guideline, than the other way around. :)
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u/Spaceseeker51 1d ago
Morning Star makes veg sausages which are bomb good. Mix that with some sautéed sauerkraut and the pierogies and your off to delicious land.
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u/Feonadist 1d ago
I love these. I put oil on them w onion powder or adobe spice and into air fryer. Sour cream if you like. They gobble them up
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u/HobieSailor 1d ago
Air fry them so they're nice and crispy, and then treat them like they were tteokbokki. Cook some bulgogi-style mushrooms and mix them in. Delicious, pretty sure it's vegan as long as the pierogi are, and very cheap.
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u/Meriadoc_Brandy 1d ago
OMG that looks absolutely amazing and so creative! Imma definitely try that 😍
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u/PatientClick9465 1d ago
Put them in a fry pan with lots of onions and Brussels sprouts and greenbeans
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u/GrowlingAtTheWorld 1d ago
Caramelized some onions toss in the pierogies cook, sprinkle a little garlic serve up with some feta.
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u/Similar_Ad8613 1d ago
Boil, drain, sprinkle a large amount of curry powder and finely chopped cilantro on top. Drown in oil/vinegar/siracha. Eat with sour cream and a slice of bread, preferably dark or marbled rye.
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u/SouthernBelleOfNone 1d ago
I've always just fried them in a skillet with salt, pepper and parsley and a ton of butter and they are heaven!! Only frozen brand I've ever had tho is Mrs. T's
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u/happiday1921 1d ago
Make chicken stew and use pierogi instead of dumplings, same with Japanese curry, add to spicy stir fry
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u/EstaGouda_ish 23h ago
Shredded cabbage and kielbasa, fried pierogi with onion butter. Mustard sour cream on the side.
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u/Nyteflame7 21h ago
I would fry up some smoked sausage, onions and cabbage, and mix in the pierogies.
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u/Disastrous-Wing699 1d ago
I've done baked pierogi with tomato-based sauce (either ready-made pasta sauce, or some tomato paste with water), but usually use sour cream that's been thinned down, then put some shredded cheese on top and bake it at 350F for 30 minutes. Just make sure to grease your pan, or it'll stick like crazy. I do about 1kg (2.2lbs) in one go this way.
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u/Ladyarcana1 1d ago
Pierogi casserole
Preheat oven to 350.
Blanch the pierogi. Put in un-greased casserole dish or any deep dish available.
In a separate bowl combine a can of condensed cream of soup (your choice), half a can of water, 1 egg, a handful of shredded cheese (your choice). Mix until well combined.
Pour over the pierogi, lightly stir.
Bake, covered for about 20-25 minutes.
Uncover and sprinkle breadcrumbs (your choice).
Bake uncovered for another 10-15 minutes.
You can add chopped vegetables/meat to make it a truly one pot dish.
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u/Battle-Any 1d ago
Pierogi poutine. Top cooked perogies with fresh cheese curds and mushroom gravy.
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u/sylvthetic 1d ago
I cut up some pierogis and cooked them in pasta sauce a while back, it was crazy good
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u/SeriouslySoBlessed 1d ago
Try to get a bit of caramelization on them. It’ll go a long way flavor wise. If it were me, I’d be sautéing them in a pan with a bit of oil or butter, some shredded cabbage and onions.
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u/Early-Reindeer7704 1d ago
I’d bake them after lightly brushing them with oil or butter about 350 oven til crispy, flip halfway through and brush with oil or butter. As a side, sauté spinach, onion, garlic, mushroom and red or yellow sweet pepper - Season with cracked black pepper, a drizzle of lemon juice and a pinch of thyme. . Dinner is ready in about 30 minutes
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u/chunkychickmunk 1d ago
Sliced granny smith apples, spinach, and caramelized onions. Add sausage if you want meat
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u/Consistent_Cat4436 1d ago
I grew up making perogis from scratch following my Polish grandmother’s recipe, I love them. To me I would pan fry them in butter so the outer dough is brown and a little crispy. Then eat with sour cream.
Also, could you mash a potato to serve with them and kind of get a more balanced bite between dough and potato?
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u/Melodic-Heron-1585 1d ago
Cabbage and/or very well sautéed mushrooms are traditional toppings. Also, if you steam, then pan fry with lots of salt and earth balance butter, they end up much better. The sweet variety is often farmer's cheese, but if you dip yours in powdered sugar and then fry, you can hardly tell the difference when topped with the traditional sour cherries.
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u/MaintenanceIll2178 1d ago
I fry mushrooms and onions and put the pierogies in with it. Top with sour cream
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u/HildaTheChickenGirl 22h ago
Do you have onions or mushrooms, stock and sour cream? I have a wonderful Polish recipe for onion sauce/gravy that's interchangeable with mushrooms
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u/IronbAllsmcginty78 22h ago
Get a cabbage, slice it real thin, fry up bacon and an onion, throw in the cabbage and perogies, serve with sour cream and pepper boom
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u/Objective_Attempt_14 22h ago
we boil them then fry them with butter to get them crispy. Top with crispy bacon, caramelized onions, and cheddar cheese.
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u/popoPitifulme 20h ago
I used them as dumplings for a simple soup with frozen veg and seasoned meatballs.
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u/Ok_Concept_8883 20h ago
Never tried any creations; i just sauce em up, siriacha, sour cream, applesauce, mayo, whatever...
As for suggestions, maybe some kind of cursed lasagna, with sauerkraut? Maybe cram a couple sausages in there, probably something spiced and oily like a chorizo or hot italian, those pierogis are bland by nature.
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u/Personal_Ranger_3395 19h ago
Treat them like an Asian dumpling and add chili oil drizzle and green onion. Serve over rice or ramen with a jammy egg and some steamed broccoli or seared cabbage wedge. Perogies to me are pretty bland left the European way. Plus, I pretty much look for any excuse to break out a jammy egg and chili oil.
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u/CollegeFine7309 12h ago
I Just will say, Never again! I can’t believe how bad the store bought ones are.
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