pierogi
Americannoun
plural
pierogi, pierogiesExplanation
Pierogi are delicious Polish dumplings filled with savory mashed potatoes. If you order pierogi in a restaurant, they may be served with fried onions and sour cream on top. Potatoes are the most common pierogi filling, but they are sometimes made by wrapping dough around sauerkraut, ground meat, cheese, or even fruit. Pierogi are usually cooked in boiling water and then pan fried, giving them a lightly browned, crispy exterior. These tasty dumplings go by other names in different parts of Eastern Europe, but the Polish pierogi is derived from the Russian pirog, "pie."
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Example Sentences
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The parking chair, like the pierogi, has become a kitschy emblem of Pittsburgh.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
In America, we’ve typecast the pierogi: floppy, doughy, butter-slicked, potato-stuffed.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025
In “Fresh from Poland: New Vegetarian Cooking from the Old Country,” Warsaw-based author Michal Korkosz offers a quieter evolution of pierogi — one that leans into elegance rather than audacity.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025
Roxborough and her daughter made Kravchuk’s pierogi together — a fun time bonding, as well as delicious — and says she’s become obsessed with the recipe for Tres Leches Cupcakes.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023
“This pierogi has more to say than Otto Drazek.”
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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