Best Poor Mans Pierogies Recipes

LAZY MAN'S PIEROGI

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Stir in onions, and cook until translucent. In a separate pan, saute the mushrooms in butter.
• In a large bowl, combine pasta, bacon, onion, mushrooms, sauerkraut and condensed soup. Season with salt and pepper. Pour into a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes.

GREAT-GRAMMA'S LAZY PIEROGI

Steps:

• 1. Boil and set aside pasta.
• 2. In large frying pan cook bacon, set aside. Crumble. Same pan toss in butter melt, and saute mushrooms and onion till softened, turn pan to med, toss drained kraut in pan cook for 5 minutes to marry flavors. Add soup and bacon stir well.
• 3. Add cooked Pasta to pan stir well. Transfer to low setting crockpot and let the flavors come together for hour. Longer sits the better the flavor. Serve as main dish or side with keilbasa or protien of choice.

PIEROGI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a skillet, saute onion in butter until tender; set aside. In a bowl, combine cottage cheese, egg and onion salt. In another bowl, combine potatoes, 2/3 cup cheddar cheese, salt and pepper. Place 3 noodles in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with cottage cheese mixture and 3 more noodles. Top with potato mixture, remaining noodles and sauteed onion. Top with remaining 1/3 cup cheese. Cover and bake at 350° until heated through, 25-30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

POOR MAN PIEROGI

Steps:

• In a large skillet sauté mushrooms and onions in ½ stick of butter until tender.
• Add sauerkraut, sausage, white wine, salt and pepper, mix well cover and cook over medium low heat for about 1 hour.
• Add cooked spiral noodles and ½ stick butter, stir until butter has melted, season to taste and serve.

POOR MAN'S PEROGIES

Steps:

• Sauté 1½ sticks of margarine and the diced onions until tender. Cook lasagna noodles as directed on the package. Boil potatoes until tender as for mashed potatoes. Cube cheese. After potatoes are cooked, add cheese and remaining margarine (no milk!) and mash like making mashed potatoes. In a 9 x 13 pan, layer: ⅓ of onions on bottom, layer of noodles, ⅓ of potatoes. Repeat layers ending with mashed potatoes. Top with parmesan cheese and pepper. Bake at 350~F for 30 to 35 minutes. Cut into squares and serve.

LAZY PIEROGI

Steps:

• Place the sauerkraut and onion in a large skillet over medium-low heat with enough water to cover. Simmer 1 hour, or until most of the water has cooked off.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add rotini and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• In a medium skillet over medium heat, saute the mushrooms in 2 tablespoons of the butter for about 5 minutes.
• Stir the remaining butter, cooked pasta, and cream of mushroom soup into the sauerkraut mixture. Cook and stir 15 minutes, or until heated through.

QUICK AND EASY PIEROGIES

Steps:

• 1. Cook egg noodles according to package directions for 8 mins. Drain. Return noodles back to saucepan. Add 1/2 sick margarine and stir. Set aside.
• 2. In in microwave safe bowl add 1 stick of margarine and the sliced onions. Microwave on 60% power for 3-4 mins until onions are translucent. Add to noodles, stir. Pour noodles and onion mixture in the bottom of a large glass or metal 9x13" cake pan.
• 3. Make 6-8 cups of instant mashed potatoes according to box directions. Then mix in 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese into prepared instant potatoes. Immediately poor potatoe/cheese mixture over the noodle/onion layer. Smooth out to cover all noodles.
• 4. Place yellow American cheese slices 3 rows across and 5 rows down. You should have enough cheese cover the whole top.
• 5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake till warmed through and cheese is melted. 20-30 mins Enjoy!