On Sunday night, Matt and I decided that we were going to finally try the pierogis that our friend Jay had made and I really didn’t feel like going traditional with it so we decided to pair them with some homemade chicken bites!
First we got 2 pans going on a medium heat with bacon grease and canola oil. This is the chicken breast that I cut up into strips, 2 breasts was way more than enough for 2 people! We created our own dredge with flour, breadcrumbs and seasonings such as milled garlic, reb robin seasoning (similar to a seasoning salt) and onion powder. Matt had the brilliant idea to put into dry, then the milk and egg mixture, then back into the dry again to make it extra crunchy! We then dropped the chicken bites into the hot oil, flipping once nicely browned and left them for about 5-6 minutes per side. Action shot! We started the pierogis at the same time as the chicken as we knew it would take a long time since they are so big! We cooked from frozen until they were heated through and nicely browned with a great crust. How the chicken looked while cooking. Mmmm…these look delicious! Voila! With the homemade buffalo sauce!Matt even created his own buffalo sauce for this which was amazing! He used Frank’s Red Hot, worchestershire sauce, butter, red robin, garlic and onion powder and it was phenomenal!
This last picture isn’t the most beautiful, but it shows how great the food looked before I dug in. Note the large side of sour cream, that’s the Ukrainian in me!
Matt and I have never made our own pierogis, but we are looking forward to having our very own kitchen in our first house to experiment in soon!!
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