Easy and quick Polish Noodles, aka Cottage Cheese and Noodles. This family friendly comfort food made with egg noodles, cottage cheese and sour cream is filling and delicious.
Cottage Cheese and Noodles
If you’re looking for a buttery, sour-creamy, noodly, polishy noodle recipe that only takes around 20 minutes – this is it!
These Polish Noodles are comfort food in a bowl! Buttery egg noodles are mixed with onions, cottage cheese and sour cream making a creamy noodle dish! The recipe is hearty as is, so you really don’t need anything else to serve it with.
Looking for more Polish recipes? Also try my Cabbage Rolls, Cabbage and Noodles, Polish Dill Pickle Soup, Sausage and Cabbage Soup, Candied Kielbasa and Stuffed Peppers with Ground Beef.
Ingredients
- egg noodles (egg noodles are the best but honestly you can use any type of noodle!)
- cottage cheese
- sour cream (you only need 1/2 cup, use the rest for dinner later this week to top your instant pot baked potatoes!)
- butter
- onion, chopped up
- seasonings – salt & pepper
Can I add kielbasa?
Yes, you can totally turn this into a creamy noodles and kielbasa recipe! Brown pre-cooked kielbasa and then add into the pot along with the cottage cheese and sour cream.
How to Make Polish Noodles
Melt butter in a saucepan, add onions and cook until onions are softened.
Add egg noodles into a pot of boiling salted water. Cook only for 5 minutes, we only want them partially cooked – not fully cooked. Drain and then place back into the pot.
Pour butter and onions into the pot with egg noodles, followed by cottage cheese, sour cream and salt and pepper.
Mix to fully combine and cook for a few minutes more. Taste and add more salt if preferred.
Serve and enjoy these Polish noodles! We love them with crispy fried onions on top to add some crunch!
Storing Leftovers
Store leftover noodles in the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days. When ready to serve, warm up in the microwave in 30 second increments until fully heated.
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Cottage Cheese and Noodles (Polish noodles)
PrintIngredients
- ½ cup butter
- 1 small onion diced
- 12 ounce bag egg noodles
- 16 ounce container cottage cheese
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Melt butter in a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat. Add onions, cooking them until they’re softened and translucent, about 7 minutes.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add egg noodles and cook for 5 minutes, we only want them partially cooked. Drain and place egg noodles back into the pot on the burner.
- Pour butter and onions over egg noodles. Add in cottage cheese, sour cream and salt and pepper, stirring to mix.
- Continue to cook on medium heat, stirring until noodles are tender and everything is fully heated, about 6-8 minutes. Taste and add more salt if needed.
- Serve in bowls and enjoy! (topping idea: add crispy fried onions on top for some crunch!)
Jobrizzle15B says
This was just as I remembered as a kid. My mom would make this dish on occasion. It was very good.
Madonna J. Atwood says
I’m loving your recipes!!will try this one too.thanks
Catherine Gladney-Gross says
Back in 1983, my new husband told me of his favorite meal: Noodles and Cottage Cheese, as he called it. He has a Hungarian background, so I assumed it was Hungarian. It is possible he got the recipe from the Polish Diner across the street from his childhood home in Saddle Brook, NJ (1940 ?-1980 ?) He described it to me, and I went to make it. I did the same as you described; however, I added ham. I experimented with seasonings like celery seed (I don’t recall all I used).
I was someone who never touched cottage cheese, but I enjoyed this dish very much. I have not made it in decades!
Now, I am dieting and need to eat cottage cheese without carbs…no noodles for now. I may see what I can do to create a recipe with this flavor without the noodles and sour cream…
Janet Courtney says
I grew up on this recipe, and loved it. We would often add either cheddar or parmesian cheese too.