📋 Shortcut Lazy Pierogi Casserole Recipe

lazy pierogi in a glass casserole dish with a dark brown wooden spoon

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📋 Shortcut Lazy Pierogi Casserole Recipe

These Shortcut Lazy Pierogies are the ULTIMATE lazy pierogies! Made quicker with instant mashed potatoes, farmer's cheese (dry cottage cheese), and oven-ready lasagna noodles, then loaded with cheese, bacon, and diced onions, this Lazy Pierogi recipe is like eating loaded perogies in the form of a casserole!

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine American, Canadian, Ukrainian

Keyword lazy man pierogies, lazy perogies, lazy pierogi casserole, lazy pierogies

Prep Time 20

Total Time 1 10

Servings servings

Calories 414kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

12 slices pre-cooked bacon *I buy this from Costco
9 oven ready lasagna noodles
3 cups instant mashed potatoes (2- 113 g pkgs) * I use Idahoan Buttery Homestyle
2 cups dry cottage cheese
2 cups cheddar cheese
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup butter
2 large onions, diced

Garnish

fresh dill
sour cream

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Prep: Spray a 9x13 pan with non-stick cooking spray and heat the oven to 350 degrees F/176 C.
Soak lasagna noodles in hot water for 20 minutes.
*Be sure to stir them up regularly so they don't stick together. If they stick together, you won't get them apart! You can also split them into two dishes
Meanwhile : Make both packages of mashed potatoes as per package directions (in one bowl). If you use Idahoan Buttery Homestyle, you only have to add boiling water.
Mix 1 ½ cups of the cheddar cheese (reserve ½ cup for the topping), dry cottage cheese and salt into warm mashed potatoes together in a large bowl.
In a microwave-safe bowl cook onions in butter in microwave for 3 minutes.
Remove lasagna noodles and place onto paper towel and pat dry.
Microwave bacon and pat with paper towel to remove grease. I do about 2 minutes and 50 seconds. Then chop into small pieces.
Add bacon to butter and onion mixture.
In the bottom of a prepared 9×13 pan, place 3 lasagna noodles to cover the bottom.
Add ⅓ of the potato and cheese mixture.
Then add ⅓ of the butter/bacon/onion mixture
Repeat this 2 more times.
Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.
Seal with aluminum foil.
Bake for 55 minutes. Turn up to 500 degrees F/260 degrees C (broil) and cook for another 1-2 minutes until cheese on top is bubbly and browning.

Garnish

Garnish the whole dish with fresh dill and add a dollop of sour cream and a sprig of dill to each serving.

Notes

Top Tip

Oven-ready lasagna noodles are convenient but can be challenging. Make sure the noodles are completely covered in the potato mixture, because any exposed edges will turn hard and crunchy. Most no-boil noodles will expand during cooking, so it's a good idea to slightly overlap them so they're not touching the sides of the dish.

What to do with leftover Dry Cottage Cheese

Dry curd cottage cheese or farmer's cheese can be frozen for up to 3 months. It can also be used in many recipes. Check out this 15 Recipes with Farmers Cheese (Dry Cottage Cheese) post for lots of great ideas!

Storage

Store this leftover Lazy Perogy Casserole in an airtight container in the fridge for 4-5 days. These Lazy perogies also freeze well in an airtight container for up to 3 months.

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