Polish Potato Dumplings Recipe
This Polish potato dumplings recipe is made with puréed potatoes mixed with flour to form a dumpling. It's then covered with fried onions and bacon to create a delicious taste!
Equipment
- Blender (or grater to prepare potatoes)
- Stockpot 7 quart (to boil water)
- Frying pan (to fry bacon and onions)
Ingredients
- 5 lb potatoes raw
- 1 ½ tsp table salt
- 7 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 lb bacon
- 1 onion medium
- 1/8 tsp table salt for the boiling water
Instructions
Making The Potato Dumplings
- Peel the potatoes. Cut potatoes into cubes.
- Liquefy the potatoes in a blender a little at a time, then put the potatoes into a big bowl. Add more potatoes to the blender until all are liquefied.
- Mix the flour and salt together.
- Gradually add the flour mixture to the potatoes. Mix together.
- Add the salt to a big pot of water. Bring the water to a boil.
- Drop the potato dumpling dough by spoonful into the boiling water. Cook for about 15 minutes while stirring occasionally. Turn off the burner.
- Put the potato dumplings in a colander and rinse under cold water.
- Clean the pot, then put the potato dumplings back into the pot and set them aside for now.
Frying the Bacon and Onions
- Slice the bacon into pieces. It's easier to cut bacon when it is partially frozen.
- Fry the bacon in a frying pan on the stove.
- Dice one medium onion. When the bacon is just about done, add the diced onions to the frying pan.
- Fry until both bacon and onions are done.
- Add the fried bacon and onions to the pot of potato dumplings.
- Heat up on medium-low heat for 7 to 10 minutes, then eat, stirring quite often.
Notes
- Potato dumplings are a side dish we have with fried pork chops and sauerkraut.
- The kids and I like to pour maple syrup over the top of our potato dumplings.
- This recipe is a big batch of potato dumplings. You can half the recipe or have leftovers the next night.
- This recipe originated from my husband's side of the family who migrated to the USA from Poland.
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