Poor Man's Pierogies

"Pierogies in a pan! This is a wonderful, rich casserole that tastes just like potato and cheese pierogies (without all the fuss!) Nice, hearty comfort food!! Can be served as a main dish with veggies or a salad, or as a side dish."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
7
Yields:
1 nine x thirteen inch casserole
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ingredients

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directions

  • Saute onion in 1 stick butter until tender.
  • Cook noodles as directed on box.
  • Boil potatoes, then mash.
  • Add cubed cheese, salt, pepper, and remaining butter to potatoes and mix until well combined.
  • Put layer of noodles in 9x13-inch baking dish.
  • Layer 1/3 of sauteed onions over noodles, then 1/3 of potato mixture.
  • Repeat layers, ending with potatoes on top.
  • Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
  • Bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes.

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Reviews

  1. Oh this was HEAVENLY and tasted exactly like pierogies! I had been thinking about attempting to make my own pierogies but every recipe I saw seemed sooooo time consuming. Then I saw this one. I made it the night before, put it in the fridge then threw it in the oven for about an hour the next evening. It came out absolutely delicious. I ended up halving the recipe to make a 9" square pan full instead of the huge pan this recipe is for, and it gave me more than enough for the three of us. I also happen to love the potato & onion pierogies better than potato & cheese, so I only used about 1/2 cup (of american cheese because velveeta is so expensive) I also used my mini food processor to make the onions almost a puree and added half of that raw to the mashed potatoes, then sauteed the other half just because I didn't want chunks of onion. Lastly, I threw the raw lasagna noodles in the boiling water along with the potatoes and just used a fork to remove them when they were done. Saved me from having more dishes to wash! I'm sorry this review is so long, but Manda, thank you thank you for such a fantastic, EASY way to enjoy pierogies!
     
  2. This recipe was delicious. I used egg noodles rather than lasagna noodles, which was a fine substitution. Would definitely make this again - I'd love to try it next time without Velveeta but with some real cheese blend... Thanks for sharing!
     
  3. This recipe was great! I substitued Onion Powder for the onions, I just sprinkled it over the noodle layers and it was just as YUMMY (I didn't have any around the house). I will take NitaCook's advice and next time cut the recipe in half as this was alot for just 2 people! Thanks.
     
  4. This was very delicious. I had to sub the Velveeta with cheddar as I din't have any on hand, but it was tasty anyhow. It's a keeper for sure. Thanks.
     
  5. OMG, for a carb lover like myself, this dish is Nirvana. This has all the things I crave--noodles, potatoes, and cheese. I followed your recipe exactly and wouldn't change anything about it. It is rich, heavenly and tastes better than the frozen pierogies (that is all I can get here in the South). I'll take this over chocolate any day. Thanks, Manda.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Hi All, I read all the other reviews. I want to share now..as a young woman/girl the gals all helped with the preparations. Doing it all myself seemed like such a task when I recently wanted to do the old fashion recipes. So I made 3 seperate fillings and used Won Ton wrappers in place of the pierogie. I did about 50. The whole family ate them all in one meal. But I was not pleased. I had plenty of all 3 fillings left and froze them. The recipe I found here for the potatoes, onion, mushroom, and cheeese filling I tried with the Lasagna noodles....turned out great! Thank you Manda
     
  2. This is a family favorite dish. We have been making it since I can remeber We use white american cheese instead of velveta, and put layers of cheese in the casserole as well as in the mashed potato mixture. For a variation it is also good with a sprinkling of crispy bacon mixed in with the onions, or bacon and cabbage mixed in with the onions.
     

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I am a single gal, living on my own; currently working as an Occupational Therapist & living in Cumberland, MD. (It is "God's Country" out here...beautiful!) I LOVE to cook and bake, and love anything that looks, tastes, smells, or even closely resembles a veggie. I LOVE moo-cows, and therefore, cannot bring myself to eat any part of the adorable critters (i.e. NO RED MEAT!!) I love the outdoors, and pride myself on being the master griller on the fire pit. My mother's side of the family is 100% Polish, so I have an inborn passion for cooking...unfortunately, along with that comes a love of eating, too!! But, hey..u only live once, so I say "EAT, DRINK, and BE MERRY!!!"
 
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