How to Make Pierogi - The Polish Chef

I loved how he served his wife first. What a class act 👏

It's amazing how you're speaking perfect American English but the second you throw in there any Polish word it's clear from the pronounciation that's your first language. Also, pierogi forever

My Polish grandparents used cottage cheese. They also made prune filled pierogi- delicious !

From my childhood I remember "pierogi party", when several grandmas got together, always on Fridays, and made pierogi for their families for dinner. There was a division of labor, and sharing gossip, and coffee and tea - and in couple of hours they could make hundreds of pierogi. The speed they were putting them together with was amazing. Direct result of years, no - decades of pierogi making. Some ladies could make the edges of pierogi looking very ornamental, and the speed was the same - astonishing. I miss that camaraderie of women. I was just a kid, so I mainly was watching, and from time to time they let me "practice", and I usually got the dough, the "farsz", and a lot of flour all over myself. My year round favorite were "pierogi ruskie", and in the summertime - pierogi with cherries. Those were served with sweet cream and butter.

Yum. They look amazing. I love that you mentioned kopitky and klusky. Don’t hear that very often from other Polish people.

You and wife explain everything with some humor! I love Polish food. 😋 Thanks

Just found your channel and subbed straight away. My lady is Polish, I want to start making her classic Polish food. This seems like the perfect channel for me

OMG! I am so glad to have have found this channel. My grandmother was Polish but died before I was born. My Ciocia Annella made pierogi, latkes & Gołąbki all the time. My favorite was Gołąbki; it was always my birthday meal request. I now make them & latkes for my family but I have never tried making pierogi. I can't wait. New subscriber. Many thanks!

A neighbor of polish descent intro'd me to pierogis decades ago when they invited me to help make their winter 'stash'. OMG, I was in heaven, they were so delicious. They used cheddar instead of ricotta (I think) but they served them just like you did. I've been a fan ever since! Thank you!

my great grandpa passed away before i learned any polish or any traditional food, this is so nice and is teaching me how to make these foods for my friends.

I made pierogis with my mother and grandmother at Christmas time. It was such a fun tradition, but we got lazy and would buy store bought since they are so much work. I feel very inspired to bring this tradition back with my own kids. Thank you for the video. I love mine with fried onions and sour cream as well. So hungry now!

I love it when I hear someone say pierogi right it gives me comfort

A tragically underrated food. I love them. Thank you for this.

I checked this video a few years ago and made my first batch of pierogies. They were so popular that I was asked to make them for Christmas dinner for 15 people. Now it is an unspoken expectation that I will make them every Christmas dinner. It is definitely a labor of love but I wanted to thank you for the video. You have become a part of my family's Christmas celebration. Dziękuję Ci.

A must-do is to fry in butter, with sauteed onions and kielbasa, served with sour kraut and sour cream. Utter perfection!

This is my first time trying to make pierogi, instructions were great, came out perfect, thank you!

THANK YOU for this. I'm 50 years old and never made pierogi before - that was something my grandmother and I did together, but I never made on my own. Making this recipe yesterday brought back so many great memories. I can't thank you enough!

Enjoyed your video. Your instructions were very clear and easy to follow. Both you and your wife are pleasant without blabbing on about unrelated matters. Simple ingredients, and the pierogi look heavenly. I am going to make these in the very near future!

His character is 100% no bs authentic! Love it!

I'm Greek but I loved this!!! Thank you, I will try more of your recipes ❤

Thank you for showing me the traditional way! I am wanting to learn so I can make myself lunch for work and have a little of everything. From traditional to dessert. I went to Poland a few years ago and fell in love with the place. Might head down to my local liquor store and see if they can order some Tyskie to celebrate once I've learned and mastered it. 😂 Na Zdrowie! (Yes, I had to Google the spelling.)

I had pierogi for lunch today fried and topped with bacon and onion with sour cream on the side. It was delicious.

Ohhhh boy these are outstanding!! Made and cooked exactly 💯 the way I love em!! Chef you and the Mrs are the pierogies masters!! Fabulous!

I appreciate showing the technique of forming them up. I've made many Pierogis, but now it will always be easier. Subscribed.

Japanese here. I’ve never been to Poland and never ever eaten this. But I’m gonna make this for my family. Thanks for amazing video!

"Loved by all, made by few!" Chef, your comments throughout the video made me laugh. I'll never question the Polish chef. I loved watching the techniques of your cooking especially when the "inspector" arrived to check your work. HA! Susan's instruction's on how to seal the pierogi after filling them was very helpful. If possible, could you please tell us how to purchase the stolnica and the absolutely beautiful serving dish that you were using. Thank you so much.

Making want to go back and visit Poland 🇵🇱 🥰

You remind me of my family from Polska. I'm first generation in America and I love your personality and your little differences from my families recipes. You should consider making more current videos; I'm sure many would enjoy them, as well as me!

I made them yesterday for the first time and they were amazing! Thank you for the recipe, I will definitively make them again and again. 😋

My Great Grandparents had a family recipe for Pierogi’s. Passed it on to my Grandfather and then to my Father. My Father perfected the recipe and made it fool proof. Now I am the first of my generation in the family to learn to make them. Definitely love my family traditions!

Those pierogi look delicious! I love pierogi, of course, in my country they go by a different name. But my all time favorite comfort food, is dumplings...whether they be pierogi (Polish), vareniki (Ukrainian), gyoza (Japanese), or Pelimeni (Russian)

I have got to try making this, looks so delicious 😋😋 Thanks for sharing and best wishes!👍👍👍

I just found these videos, and I just wanted to say these are great and they’re giving me flashbacks of my babcia and when she would cook for the holidays. Thank you for this.

This man is a legend. I made his recipe exactly as recommended and my pierogis came out perfectly on my very first try.

I was supposed to be on a flight to Poland right now, but since I can't go I made these pierogi! Delicious 😋

Those look wonderful!! My fiancée just passed in December. He was polish. He was supposed to teach me how to make these. We didn’t get around to it. I almost cried watching but I’m going to make these in his memory. Thank you so much. I’m a new subscriber today. I’ll be watching your videos. Thanks again ❤️

My mom always made plum and sauerkraut pierogi. I never ate mashed potatoe pierogi. Prune plums are only in season for a few weeks in the fall, but they make the best pierogi you’ve ever eaten!

This is exactly how my dad makes them from his grandmas recipe! He brings some frozen ones with him whenever he visits me and its my favorite thing ever. I miss having polish delis nearby with a properly made pierogi. I also love the blueberry filled ones with a side of sweet sour cream

For all non-polish people. Pierogi is already plural. There is no need to give them -es at the end. There is one pieróg (or pierożek) and two pierogi.

I was so in love with your stolnica, that I asked my carpenter to make me one. It's wonderful and I can't wait to make pierogi now. Thank you for showing us your stolnica.

So nice & polite that he hands the first plate to his wife! Gentlemen still exist!😊

Oh Man, I am SO glad I found this video! My family LOVES Pierogi! My wife's Grandmother on her Father's side was a Polish immigrant. My Mother-in-Law, whose parents were Italian immigrants, used to make Pierogi from time to time to keep her husband's culture alive in their house. My wife and I buy it at the market but we've never known how to make it ourselves. Now, I'm going to give it a try!

“Don’t question me. I’m The Polish Chef.” I love it. 😆

Pirogies are a food group all on their own right at the top with bacon. I love them with butter, sliced green onions and sour cream. I’m making them tonight cuz I made extra cheezy potatoes last night on purpose just so I could have pirogies with roast chicken and fresh corn from the garden.

My mom would make them with purple plums or sauerkraut. They were so delicious and I wish I had some now!

Sir i loved your nonstop cleaning! My hungarian family is the same - cleaning up all the time :)
We live in canada and its rather unusual here, whoever visits our house gets shocked by our habits

showed this to my polish grandmother! it brought her back a childhood memory :,) so i made with her. touching memory. thank you 🙏

As the leader of pierogi, I definitely approve this video. Keep up with the good work, my great szef kuchni!
EDIT: Thank you with these likes :) and sub to my channel, I make great videos!

I’m an Irish girl who married a Slovak. I embraced the cooking that his grandmother so beautifully made. The first time I made pierogi was from looking at the Polish Chef. They came out great! I gave this Irish girl a pat on the back. BTW I never even heard of pierogi till I met my husband!

I love this. I didn't know what pierogi was. It looks so good that I want to try to do it.

I love pierogies.
My grandmother was from Suwalki Poland and three generations later the family still eats and cook these👍🏻… it is a Christmas tradition for us. But my favorite ones are the mushroom and sauerkraut pierogies.

Well, let's say this is a variant of pierogi ruskie. Btw. in Poland, we usually cook pierogi in boiling water and it's a finished dish for a day. To reheat them in the following days, we use the frying method and serve them with fat and skwarki (small pork rinds)/onion used in the same frying process. If you like pierogi, I also recommend these with sauerkraut and mushroom (traditional)/barley and mushroom (local in my area and probably somewhere else in PL) both served in the same way as ruskie, or sweet pierogi like these with blueberries or sweet cheese (google it, it's worthy!). Imo, meat pierogi are overrated.

I have never saw so many Polish people in a comment section. As a 6th generation american polish who talks way to much about Poland I am proud that Pierogi has a million views

This was amazing! I am reconnecting with my polish roots and would love to learn to cook lots more dishes. Hope you'll put more videos up!

There used to be a restaurant about 20 minutes from my house called Pierogi in a pinch. The woman that owned was Czechoslovakian. She used family recipes. It was my favorite place to eat. Now the closest place for me is a 3 hour drive. Thank you for sharing this. I am going to make my own and make sauerkraut and latkes with it.

They looked delicious!
I've never heard of them before.
Its so nice to see new food to try.

Great recipe! I made these a few months ago, and they were great. I'm going to make them again for Christmas Eve dinner for my whole family.

My Polish dad introduced me to pierogis and I’ve loved 🥰 them ever since. Yours looked so yummy & yes the onions 🧅 are a must. …(for me too)

I fell in love with Pierogi when I traveled to Warsaw. Can't wait to make it for my relatives and make them discover a bit of Polish cuisine!

Thank you! I was adopted from Poland as a baby, and have been dying to learn about my culture. I can’t wait to make these today

thank you so much for the video! my fiancé is polish and i’m caribbean so i been learning to cook polish food for him :)

Hey there, greetings from germany. Just made some Perogi. I added some diced mushrooms, bacon and parsley to the potatoe mixture. It was fantastic!

As a central Albertan, I'm actually shocked to know that potato and cheese pierogi aren't overly common. We even have a monument to pierogi in the town ot Glendon.

Finally someone who makes pierogies the way Babci taught us! Our daughter's favourite is with kasha and cottage cheese filling! For Christmas Eve dinner we make fillings from potatoe and cheese, mushrooms, sauerkraut ( our own homemade sauerkraut) and kasha. Sometimes we use prunes

Had a tear in my eye watching this. EXACTLY how my mother made them for us (RIP Mom ❤). The ricer is key! Don't mash the potatoes. She also only used farmers cheese. Love your channel!

I see a lot of cooking videos, but this was genuinely entertaining. I'm inspired to make this during quarantine (I'm just missing the cheese). And I think the musical interludes are hysterical.

My grandmother used to make pierogis every Friday, they were a staple in our house. Love them!

made 61 of them tonight for our family of 6 - it was a lot of work - but was absolutely incredible!

My polish family always make them with Sauerkraut, absolutely delicious

I just found your channel. I’m going to try these. They look delicious. And I’m in love with Polish pottery, too. Love the bowl!

My family likes pierogi a lot. I've substitute it in to in paneer, alu mutter (farmers cheese, peas and potatoes).
The broth goes really well with potatoes & cheese pierogi.

Hi Polish Chef... I am in Poland right now and I love Pierogi so much!! Thank you for the recipe!!! 🥰🥰

My dearly departed Polish mother in law was an ace at making Pierogi. Sadly when she left us she took them with her, have tried over the years to make them but have been left with failure. Thank you, your show has given me the courage to try again.

Pyszne! I made these with my mom and she was so thrilled. They are great!

🙏👍👍🇺🇸💫🍻
I love pierogies my mother-in-law was 100% Polish from Poland
and she taught me how to make pierogies & multitudes of Polish dishes.👍👍

I want to thank you!! I don't cook all the time, but when I get to, I usually enjoy it, and these look sooo good. I know my husband especially is going to love them, and I'm sure I will, too. I just wasn't sure if they're still as delicious if you don't fry them a bit. But anyways, I like the idea of frying 'em, then serving them with the butter & onions along side. Thanks, again!!!

You are truly Polish as I am. You work your ass off, you know what you’re talking about you’re a great chef and you’re a hard worker as I said before. You’re very direct and blunt but yet polite and strict. If I ever had a chance to work with you in a restaurant as I am a trained chef for 30 years plus, I would love to do it in a heartbeat. I am from Wisconsin in the US and I would move wherever you are just to work with you You remind me of my grandparents who are very strong and strict in the kitchen as I was a child. Thanks for sharing God bless and keep sharing please

Ok, I just made these. They came out perfectly! The video was clear and direct. I did not question anything because, you are "The Polish Chef!" Thank you for taking the time to post.

So good ! My mother’s maiden name is Oschefski. I shake a bit of dill and garlic on ‘em! Thanks for the lesson!

Cooking has become the method with which I try to express parts of my heritage to my children. I grew up away from my parents and never had an opportunity to learn many things about Poland so videos like this are invaluable to me.

Pierogies are my most absolute favorite food! I could really go for some right now.

I was taught from Polish people (I am of Polish decent) been making them for years! I will be making them for Christmas. Today I came across this. I like to watch other people make them and see what cheese they use. I like this video..done well. Happy Holidays and keep up the good cooking! ;)

Man I really want pierogi now. Seems close to my great grandmas

I am also Polish by birth and have always loved pierogi and is the one recipe I took with me after I moved out.When I make them at home, my favourite filling is mashed potato with fried onion and mushroom mixed in.

🤣. “You should not question me- I am the Polish Chef.” I think I am going to make a sign like that for my kitchen!

My girlfriend is Polish and I've memorized this video so today I can make her Pierogi like she used to have in Poland. I think she'll like them, and this will be my first time working with flour; as in kneading my own!

I’m cooking this today 😍 I’m so glad I found your UAclips channel

My motto "clean as you go, and you'll have less to clean when it's time to go."
Thanks for the great tutorial. Start to finish.
Tomorrow I try my hand at making pierogies for the first time.
Wish me well!☺

Thanks for this recipe. I was looking at other recipes and they added sour cream to the dough which I tried and didn't like at all. Your recipe seems to be simple and authentic. I have used it numerous times and it's always great, just like how I used to buy them in Cleveland, Ohio which has a big Polish community. I moved away and pierogis were hard to find so I'm glad I can make them at home now.

My maternal grandma, Nana, made all sorts of flavor filled pierogis! But she didn’t have all those nice accoutrements! They were the size of a half saucer plate! Years later, I realized this wasn’t the standard, but it also was very hit or miss to ever get any as fresh as hers again. So many commercially made pierogis are flavorless. I’m assuming they get stale from freezing and refrigeration.

My grandma made so many good things from the old country! She never used written recipes, she knew it all so well! My lil Polish nana!😍

I am making pierogis this weekend for my family for Christmas. When I was a child my grandmother who immigrated to Canada from Ukraine taught my Mom and the recipe was passed down to me and my sisters. I will pass the recipe on to my daughter. I also like my pierogis fried in butter with onions and sour cream .

I loooove these! I always wondered how to make them and now I know.This looks so delicious I will definitely make these. Thanks for the recipe!

Na Zdrowie! Polish dishes are among my favorites, so glad to of stumbled upon your channel. I cant wait to watch more. Love your personalities.

Gonna make this recipe this weekend. Love pierogi, but never made them from scratch before.

I love home made pierogi😊

I grew up eating these, my mother would make a huge batch, and we would eat them 3 meals a day until they were gone. Fried up in a cast iron skillet with onions, sometimes we would have gravy insteasd of sour cream. YUM!
my next quarantine project is to make them.

My husband is Polish, and I am Filipina. 🇵🇭😃 I've been seeking for pierogi since I first tried them in Poland. 😅 I'm delighted I came across your video and subscribed immediately! 😃 It was incredibly helpful to me to learn how to make my own pierogi anytime I craved them. Dziękuję bardzo! ❤️

I love pierogi! One of my favorite things to eat but I have never had them homemade!! I have to do this now!!!!! Thank you!!

Ok I’m drooling I love a good pierogi 🤤