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Air Fryer Pierogies are a fast and delicious way to enjoy this classic comfort food. These soft pillow-like treats are made with potatoes and cheese and are a delicious, quick snack, side dish, or meal on their own. Ready in under 15 minutes, it’s the perfect side dish or easy meal solution.
Quick Look At This Recipe
✨ Flavor: Soft, pillowy, potato and cheese.
⏱️ Prep time: 5 minutes.
🔥 Cook time: 12 minutes.
⏲️ Total time: 17 minutes.
👥 Servings: 4 servings.
🥄 Tools: air fryer, basting brush.
👩🏻🍳 Tip: Toss again in a touch of butter after cooking for extra richness.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Quick and easy: ready in under 15 minutes.
- Healthier option: less oil, less mess.
- Customizable: works with frozen, fresh, or mini pierogies; endless topping options.
- If you love these Pierogies, you’ll love these air fryer frozen potstickers.
What are Pierogies?
Pierogi are a small little pillow European dumpling, that can be filled with either sweet or savory filling, and then cooked. When I first found these yummy dumplings in the frozen food section of my local supermarket, I was so excited to try these in the air fryer.
The pierogies I found were just potatoes and cheese, but that was more than enough flavor. They do sell them frozen, and stuffed with other ingredients, like beef, cheddar, sauerkraut, and onion, to name a few. I use Kasia’s brand, and they crisp so beautifully in the air fryer.
To make these, you will need an air fryer. I made these frozen pierogies in my Cosori Air Fryer – 5.8 quart. Cooking them from frozen only takes 12 minutes, and slightly thawed, cooking time is about 10 minutes.
Recipe Ingredients
Although you can make this recipe from scratch, I used frozen, already-made pierogies to keep this a quick snack or simple meal. Besides the pierogies, you will need an air fryer, a basting brush, and about one tablespoon of olive oil.
Variations
Other optional ingredients needed depend on what you want to serve with your pierogies. I like mine just as they are and serve them with sour cream for dipping. For a more traditional Polish topping, consider using caramelized onions, mushrooms, sausage, cabbage, or other vegetables.
How to Make Air Fryer Pierogies
- Preheat the air fryer to 400°F (200°C) for 3–5 minutes if your model requires it. Baste the pierogies in olive oil or spray lightly with a non-aerosol spritzer.
- Air fry for 10–12 minutes, flipping halfway through the cooking time.
Serve while warm with your favorite dipping sauce.
Tips
- Avoid aerosol sprays—use a refillable oil spritzer to protect your air fryer’s coating.
- Don’t overcrowd the basket. Cook in batches for best results.
- Toss again in a touch of butter after cooking for extra richness.
- Want a little crunch? Sprinkle with seasoned breadcrumbs before cooking.
Recipe FAQ’s:
Yes! Fresh pierogies will cook faster and will generally only need 8-10 minutes.
Most air fryer baskets are non-stick, so if you really don’t want to use oil, you can go without. I found the oil helps them to have a crispy texture.
Not all air fryers are the same. Wattages can be different, so the first time you try this recipe, do a cooking time trial. Start with 7-10 minutes, and then an additional 2-4 minutes until they are golden and have a crisp texture.
Keep leftovers in an airtight container, and reheat them for 3-4 minutes until they are hot.
Nope! Cooking from frozen is best and will yield the best crispy texture.
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Air Fryer Pierogies
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 14 ounces pierogi, frozen
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Optional: Sour cream, carmelized onions, mushrooms, or your favorite dipping sauce.
Instructions
- Evenly lay each piece flat in the basket of air fryer. Try to keep them from overlapping or stacking so they can cook more evenly while they are air frying.
- Use cooking oil spray, brush olive oil, or toss to coat, covering both sides of each piece.
- Once they are lightly coated with olive oil, cook at 400 degrees F for 10-12 minutes until they have a golden, crispy texture. Turn them over halfway through cooking.
- Serve warm with sour cream, onions, mushrooms, or any of your favorite toppings.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I put the frozen pierogies on parchment paper on my metal pan in the air fryer – covered with olive oil and garlic powder – cooked 6 minutes at 400 then turned over for 6 minutes more at 400 the pierogies were not brown at all and just kind of tough to cut through i do not have the basket style air fryer so what did i do wrong i was rather disappointed thanks for any ideas you may have
I am not sure what type of air fryer you have, but this article was written and these Pierogies were made in the Cosori 5.8qt basket style air fryer. If you’re air fryer is not the basket style, it’s definitely going to cook differently. You may need to lower the temperature and add additional cooking time to get them to cook slower.
Don’t use cooking spray, will damage appliance
Hi Fred. There are cooking sprays that will damage the air fryer for sure. We use olive oil or avocado oil spray, which is totally fine for the air fryer. Hope that helps!
Can I use butter instead of olive oil? I’m Ukrainian, make my own and normally fry them up in a pan with butter.
Absolutely!
Did you thaw them first, or did you just cook them from frozen?
Hi. I put them straight from freezer into the air fryer.
My husband made pierogies in the air fryer and they exploded on him lol. I’m not sure what happened.
Well dang, he may have cooked them at a much higher temperature. Not only that, but it could be your air fryer is “stronger” than the one used here. We use a Cosori 5.8 qt basket style air fryer and that is a 1700 watt air fryer. You will have to adjust to your brand. 🙂 Hope that helps!
When I prepare these I have a few steps before. I set temp for my oven to 400degressF for my bacon that I twist each slice and put on a parchment lined pan and bake for 15mins. remove and chop up while I slice onions and pan sear in butter on the stove top and keep warm. Fill a pot with salted water and parboil frozen perogies for 6-8 mins, drain in colander and set in sink. While you are doing all this preheat the air fryer. Place the boiled perogies in and set temp for 390degreesF for 3-5mins, turn over once and continue cooking until how well you prefer golden toasted, and take out of the air fryer, sprinkle bacon and drizzle onions and butter on top. Eat straight away with sour cream or ranch dressing and ketchup of course LOL. I grew up in a Polish family with homemade perogies but do not have the time to make them the traditional way so frozen from my Polish deli are great alternative. I find that taking the actual frozen perogies and placing in the air fryer straight out of the bag is just to tough and dry. So this method has been one I’ve experimented with and works really well.
Thank you for the extra tips! I didn’t start eating these until I was an adult and I LOVE them!