| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 40 min |
| Active: | 25 min |
| Yield: | 6 to 8 servings |
Ingredients
- One 16-ounce package cheese pierogies
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup sauerkraut
- 2 cups shredded Swiss cheese
- 8 ounces good corned beef, sliced into 1/4-inch-thick slices and chopped into cubes (you could also use pastrami)
- 1 tablespoon toasted caraway seeds
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh chives
- 18,000 Island Dressing, recipe follows
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons gochujang
- 2 tablespoons diced pickled jalapenos
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to a simmer. Add the pierogies and simmer until slightly soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and pat dry.
- Preheat the oven to broil.
- Heat a 12-inch ovensafe nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the butter and heat until foaming. Saute the pierogies until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes a side. Remove from the heat.
- Evenly sprinkle a layer of the sauerkraut on top of the pierogies. Then add a layer of the Swiss and finally, an even layer of the corned beef.
- On the lowest rack, broil the mixture in the skillet until the cheese and corned beef are golden brown and the cheese is bubbly, 2 to 3 minutes. Garnish with the caraway seeds and minced chives. Serve with a squirt of 18,000 Island Dressing.
- Mix the mayo, gochujang, jalapenos and mustard in a small bowl.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 8 servings |
| Calories | 628 |
| Total Fat | 56 g |
| Saturated Fat | 22 g |
| Carbohydrates | 4 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 1 g |
| Protein | 26 g |
| Cholesterol | 117 mg |
| Sodium | 1122 mg |
Reviews
Delicious! Not a 100% lead pipe cinch, but pretty darned easy. Neither my hubby nor I like Thousand Island dressing, so I put a brown mustard on mine, because that’s how I eat my Reubens, and he just ate his plain. Both were delicious!
This was really good and super easy, I made it exactly as written except I used homemade Pierogi that I had frozen. Only complaint is that it’s pretty heavy with all the carbs and fat and salt. I’d make it again though !
We made this tonight. I didn’t have sauerkraut, but found a “quick” sauerkraut recipe here from Brian Baltano. (It was very good!) Jeff always has fun recipes! This one was fun and a great use of leftover Corned Beef!
A repeat recipe in our house! Even for entertaining
Loved this dish! Left off the 1000 Island Dressing & caraway seeds bc I’m not a fan, was just delicious!
I made this for my Polish, Reuben loving boyfriend and we both loved it!! I followed it exactly and wouldn’t change anything. Not the healthiest dish but one he will probably make for his family soon. Thanks Jeff!
Just made the Deep dish Reuben Pierogies for dinner. We used leftover corned beef I had in the freezer and substituted cheese tortellini for the pierogies. Very tasty and will add this to my favorite recipes. Great flavors.
So good. Flavors were great. I replaced sauerkraut with roasted cabbage thinly sliced. Added to our dinner rotation.
The store did not carry corned beef in the deli so I used pastrami. I also used sauerkraut that already included caraway seeds. The recipe came out great and I am hooked on the gochujang sauce now. I will never make another thousand island dressing without it, and hope to find some other good recipes where I can use it.