Sausage, Peppers, & Onions Pierogi Casserole
Simple & unpretentious, this Sausage, Peppers, & Onions Pierogi Casserole is just a dish full of cheesy comfort food goodness.
Servings 4
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ of a medium yellow onion chopped
- 1 sweet bell pepper seeded & chopped (or about 8 mini peppers)
- 14 oz Polska kielbasa thinly sliced into coins
- 1.5 teaspoon minced garlic about 3 small cloves
- 16 oz box frozen pierogies
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 4 oz cream cheese softened and cut into chunks
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- Black pepper to taste
- 1 cup shredded cheddar preferably sharp
- 3 green onions chopped
Instructions
- Take the cream cheese out to soften. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees, and spray the bottom of a 2.5 quart casserole dish (or 8.5×11 baking dish) with cooking spray.
- Cut up the onion, pepper, and Polska kielbasa, and mince the garlic if not using jarred.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute the onions, bell peppers, and sausage until veggies start to soften and kielbasa begins to brown (about 8 minutes), stirring occasionally. Stir in the garlic and saute briefly.
- While the veggies and sausage are sauteeing, add the frozen pierogies directly to the prepared baking dish.
- Add the sauteed veggies & sausage to the baking dish on top of the pierogies.
- Stir the chicken broth, cream cheese, and seasonings into the same skillet you used for the veggies & sausage. Heat on medium, stirring frequently, just until the cream cheese is melted and incorporated and a nice cheese sauce forms.
- Pour the cream cheese sauce evenly over the sausage, veggies, & pierogies.
- Sprinkle everything evenly with shredded cheddar.
- Bake the pierogi casserole at 400 degrees for 30 minutes, or until the cheese is browned & bubbly and pierogies are heated through.
- Top with chopped green onion, and serve hot.
Notes
You don’t need to defrost the pierogies first, just add them right to the baking dish frozen. I used mini peppers today because I had them on hand, but regular sweet bell pepper will also do — mini peppers are just a bit sweeter, but fairly interchangeable for this purpose.