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The idea of putting a burger on two huge pierogi “buns” seems crazy yet obvious at the same time. Pierogi work perfectly as a bun, and even LOOK LIKE A BUN! The flavors are absolutely perfect together! Why haven’t I thought of it before now!?!? and why did I finally actually think of it?

Well let me explain- I have been playing this game Night in the Woods on my Switch and I am completely obsessed.

It is hard to describe how this game works, but I would recommend it to anyone, it is engrossing and beautiful and way more emotional than you would think it would be, considering the main character is a cartoon cat.

At one point in the game, some of the characters are eating at a mall food court (because that’s the kind of things you do in this game) and they can’t decide between a pizza-taco and a pierogi burger, and I immediately knew I needed to make a pierogi burger. I made it the next day, which was yesterday, and here I am posting about it today.

Making the pierogi dough

If you want, you could make sliders and use store bought pierogi. I wanted a full size burger, so I needed to make my own pierogi.

Pierogi dough follows a similar ratio to any other pasta dough with flour and eggs, but some recipes add sour cream to it. If there is an option to add sour cream to something, believe you me, I will be adding sour cream.

Making the pierogi filling

The filling is potato, onion, butter, and cheese. I like to use a potato ricer to get rid of any chunks of potatoes. Here are some tools that can help you make the best pierogi- A potato ricer, and ravioli cutter.

Roll out the dough, then cut rounds of dough. Make the rounds “burger sized” whatever that means to you. I wanted a nice big burger so I made them about 4.5 inches in diameter.

These are already looking bun-like! It was at this point in the recipe that I got really excited for the pierogi burger.

After you boil them, sauté in some butter to brown.

Let’s build up the pierogi burger!

Start with the bottom bun pierogi, then add the burger. The burger obviously has some cheese on top, I used jack cheese because I wanted a mild and melty cheese, but cheddar would also be great!

Then the toppings are sour cream and caramelized onions. I let the onions cook slow with some butter for about 45 minutes to get nice and brown.

Look how beautiful this burger is!

Twists and substitutions for the pierogi burger

Pierogi like these with potato and cheese are called pierogi ruskie but Pierogi come in many different varieties. You could try any of these different filling ideas for pierogi and they would go great with the burger!

• onion
• feta and spinach
• sauerkraut and mushroom
• meat
• ricotta
• sweet cheese and fruit

This thing was surprisingly portable. The large pierogi were flexible and helped it all form together as one big burger. The potato is so buttery and creamy and goes great with the burger. I had a little extra sour cream on the side to dip it in because that’s how I roll.