Pierogi baked in a creamy sauce, then topped with cheese, bacon and green onions.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
I never even heard of pierogi until I met my Canadian husband in college. I know, I was missing out! Up until now, I always boiled pierogi then fried them in some butter.
The bacon grease/cream cheese sauce is soooooooo yummy. I could have eaten the whole pan myself, but I shared it with my husband and four kids.
Tasha
But I think this Bacon Pierogi Bake recipe is the way I’ll be serving pierogi from now on.
If you’ve never had pierogi, imagine ravioli stuffed with cheesy mashed potatoes. I usually by frozen peirogi from the grocery store and cook them in boiling water, followed by a saute in melted butter.
Some people just boil them, and skip the saute, but I like my pierogi a little crispy. They’re traditionally served with sour cream on the side.
The whole family loved this version of cooking pierogi though, even my husband, who I thought might balk at me messing with the traditional pierogi cooking method.
I shouldn’t have been worried. He loved it just as much as the rest of us!
How can you go wrong with potato filled pasta, bacon and cheese, all smothered in a creamy sauce? It’s sort of a loaded baked potato version of pierogi.
I’ve had friends make this and personally tell me how much their family loved it. That’s how I know it’s really good!
I’ve actually started keeping some pierogi in my freezer so I can throw this together at the last minute. It’s one of those meals that I know will disappear, and I won’t hear any complaints.
In fact, this is what my husband calls a “lick your plate” kind of meal. And that’s exactly what he does!
Made this the other night and it was so good! The whole family enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing such a quick and easy dish!
Gwen
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Ingredients
- Frozen pierogies
- Bacon
- Produce: garlic, green onions. tomatoes
- Cream cheese
- Chicken broth
- Salt and pepper
- Cheddar cheese
Bacon Pierogi Bake
Ingredients
- 1 16 oz. package frozen potato and cheddar pierogies
- 4 slices bacon chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened and cubed
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup cheddar cheese
- 2-3 green onions chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped seeded plum tomato optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Arrange the pierogies in a lightly greased, 9×9 inch baking dish.
- In a medium skillet, cook the bacon until crispy. Remove to a paper towel lined plate.
- Add garlic to drippings in pan and cook for 30 seconds. Add cream cheese to pan and cook until cream cheese begins to melt, stirring frequently.
- Gradually whisk in the chicken broth until smooth. Season sauce with salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour the cream cheese mixture evenly over pierogies. Bake for 15 minutes or until bubbly and heated through.
- Remove from oven and top with cheese. Bake for an additional 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
- Top with cooked bacon, green onions and tomato before serving.
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39 comments
Chet
Excellent, im russian so can confirm perogis are also a staple in our diet there too, always open to finding new ways to eat them! Definitely comfort food and high in fat and calorie if your worrying about that. It was very good but very filling for me personally, so next time I’m gonna modify it a bit with milk/cream and use half the cheese for the whole recipe. I added the bacon and tomatoes when I added the ground cheese but I may opt to use them in the sauce instead next time. Also added caramelized onion, and added more chicken stock to the baking pan as I was worried the perogis wouldn’t be cooked through thoroughly. Also added about 8 minutes cook time. 3-5 would’ve been okay too. Also 5 minutes wasn’t enough time to get a nice brown on the top layer of cheese that I usually love to aim for, so I’d add that a bit sooner, or use a broiler if your like me in that aspect.
This version of the cheese sauce would also make a lovely dip, think seven layer nacho style.
JDubz
Added caramelized yellow onions and bacon to the cream cheese mixture, plus more bacon on top. Cause that’s how we Canadians do! At first I was hesitant about the tomatoes but they added a nice freshness to the dish. Might cut some of the cream cheese with sour cream next time to lighten it up. Good comfort food.
Sarah
My friend told me about a similar pierogi bake she did and I wanted to try it so I turned to google since I always like to follow some type of recipe.
I just used the remainder of my bag of pierogis from my freezer (not sure how much but there were just enough to cover the bottom of my 9×9 pan) and kept the rest of the recipe the same. Turned out yummy but I think next time I would do less cream cheese (or more pierogis), it was a bit too creamy for me but good none the less!
My grandmother is Ukrainian so pierogies are a stable in my home but I think this is too far off from traditional for her 😉
Kristi
I made this last night and included browned breakfast sausage as well as bacon. Otherwise I followed everything else exactly. My entire family loved it, even my picky son who really doesn’t like anything touching. Everyone said it was a must make again dish and not to change a thing. Thank you for posting it!!
Lunda
It was a hit at family night dinner. Thank you 🙂
Melinda Fernie
How come the cream cheese separates?
Kathleen
I made this tonight for the first time for my 16-20 volunteer firefighters that I cook for on Thursday nights guys & we all loved it! Slot of the guys went back for seconds!! Definitely making this a lot more from here on in! Other than the amount of calories & fat! But you have to indulge from time to time & for this it’s so worth it! Yummy!
Kathleen
Lynn Kershaw-Smith
I made these in the slow cooker and left them too long (so they weren’t perfect) but that was my own fault. I used beef broth because that’s what I had, and I skipped the tomatoes. I loved the blend of flavours and they went well with my homemade cabbage rolls. I will definitely try this recipe again.
Carla
I’m not sure why everyone said they loved this recipe. I made it today thinking it was going to be the most amazing dinner ever. This was the most disgusting thing I have ever made!! It tasted awful.. my husband who is not very picky tried the sauce and almost threw up. Cream cheese and chicken broth isn’t a very good sauce. Don’t waste your time!
Tiffany
Do you cook the perogies first or put them in the dish frozen?
Danelle
Frozen. But note that the sauce you add should be warm/hot. Sometimes people make the sauce ahead, add it cold, and then the perogies don’t cook through. If you do it that way, you may want to cook them first. But as the recipe is written, you should be able to put them in frozen.
Allie
Could this be frozen and re-heated later? Any suggestions for re-heating temps?
Danelle
I haven’t tried that, but I think it would work fine. I would reheat at the same temp, but lengthen the cooking time if you will be heating directly from frozen.
Gwen
Made this the other night and it was so good! The whole family enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing such a quick and easy dish!
Alana
I’ve made this a few times and mine isn’t hot in the middle after 15min of cooking. Takes more like 45min. Any suggestions. I use Frozen pyrogy’s and a cream soup base normally not the cream cheese.
Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Danelle
I would either cook it longer, like you have been. Or let your peirogies thaw before making the casserole. Also, if your cream soup base isn’t hot (the cream cheese version is hot when you add it to the peirogies) that would result in a longer cooking time.
Alana
Thanks Danielle. I will try the heated soup method. Didn’t think of that. Lol.
Marcia
SO yummy!!!! Use a 9 by 9 dish I did it in a larger one and there wasn’t enough sauce for it.
Shawna
I add mushroom soup with a can of water and half a cup of cream cheese to mine. Yummy. I’ll have to try with the chicken stock instead of water 🙂
Tasha
The bacon grease/cream cheese sauce is soooooooo yummy. I could have eaten the whole pan myself, but I shared it with my husband and four kids. If they ever decide they like mashed potatoes I will need to make a double batch!
Danelle
I know! It’s so hard to share! 🙂
Lauren
Made this tonight with italian sausage instead of bacon and it was delicious! Thanks for sharing such a great recipe!
Adrienne
We made this yesterday and added sasuage to make it a full meal. We boiled the perogi then pan fried them as well.did the rest the same. Turned out amazing
Danelle
Sounds delicious! Thank you.
Shannon Beattie
Its great tasting but I should have boiled the perogis first
Saneita Duhaney
I had pierogis once it was ok. However this one looks great im making it for dinne.
Svetlana
Do they have to be frozen or can I use fresh pierogis?
Julianne
Yum! Would love to take to work potluck….could this be assembled in a crock pot?
Michelle
Made this tonight and it was so yummy! You can’t go wrong with mashed potatoes, cheese and bacon.
Andrea @ Maybe It's Just Me
Already sent the recipe to a friend in hopes she’ll make it for me!!! Like a BLT in comforting casserole form! (minus the lettuce of course, but green onions are yummy)
Barb
This looks awesome! I’d never heard of pierogies before my husband either. (he’s from Duluth, MN) We tend to eat them in the winter time, but for a nice twist for summer, put them frozen on the grill with some olive oil and seasoning. So good!
I’m new to your blog, but you are definitely on my favorites list! Thanks for all your great ideas!
Julie
I’d say there’s NO way to go wrong with that combination…yum!
teenagetaste
Coming from a Polish and Ukrainian family, homemade pierogis make an appearance at every gathering. I can’t wait to make this for the next one. It’s bound to be a hit! Thanks for sharing! :]
Piril Maria
Ah, delicious!
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Gloria (The Little Red House with the White Porch)
YUM! I’m part Polish, so I have eaten Pierogi my whole life (fried in butter, like you make it) and I’ve never seen this, but if you say it is so good, I will have to try it one day! Thanks for sharing!
Best,
Gloria
Muriel Miller
You had me at Bacon! This recipe sounds soooooo good! Bookmarked!
Beth
What a coincedence, I just made and posted this yesterday. Saw it on Cassie’s blog as well. It was so delicious!
Danelle
Good to hear! Thank you!
Mary
My kids loved it!!! (me too – only I knew how much bacon went into this so I skipped desert 🙂 ) We always buy the Feta and Spinach Pirogi and it still tasted amazing!