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Polish Drop Noodles

October 18, 2021 by Lois Britton 27 Comments

Polish Drop Noodles or Laid Noodles as the Polish name (kluski kładzione) translates are simple to make with just a few ingredients. There are bound to be variations from one family to another, but it’s something that everyone makes and loves.

Polish drop noodles in a slotted spoon

The most likely variation will be in the liquid used in the recipe. I’ve used water, but some cooks like to use milk or broth. Why not add a little more flavor? Adding a bit of fat to the recipe is also optional. I’ve used a tablespoon of melted butter, but you can leave it out or substitute bacon grease or another fat.

So many variations and I haven’t even touched on the fact that Polish Drop Noodles can be used in sweet or savory applications. I’ll list a few possibilities. Feel free to add your own in the comments below:

  • add to tomato soup
  • add to chicken or beef broth, rosół
  • serve with onions that have been sauteed in butter (or onions sauteed with bacon)
  • serve with sausages
  • serve with a mushroom sauce or pan drippings
  • serve with bacon bits and cottage cheese or farmer’s cheese
  • add to a fruit soup
  • add to a little warm milk or cream with sugar and cinnamon
  • top with sugar and cottage cheese or farmer’s cheese and maybe a little cream

Making noodles might sound intimidating, but I want to assure you that it could not be simpler. You scoop up a small amount of the batter along the edge of a spoon and lay the batter into the hot liquid, hence the name laid noodles. If it doesn’t release from the spoon, a little sideways motion will do the trick. You can see my video of the process on TikTok here. 

I’m cooking the noodles in simmering salted water, but if you plan to add them to broth, you could cook them in the broth instead of water, provided that you’ll be eating all of the soup right away. Polish cooks don’t add noodles directly to a soup they’re going to eat over time. The noodles keep soaking up liquid and make the broth cloudy. That’s why you’ll see noodles or pasta cooked separately and added to each bowl as the soup is being served. 

That seems like plenty to get us started. Let me say that Polish Drop Noodles can also be made by adding cheese or potatoes to the dough. I’ll get to those recipes soon. In the meantime, let me know how you like these. 

Smacznego!

Lois 

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Polish drop noodles in a slotted spoon

Polish Drop Noodles

★★★★★ 4.6 from 9 reviews
  • Author: polishhousewife
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Category: Noodle
  • Method: stovetop
  • Cuisine: Polish
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Description

Simple to make, sweet or savory, you’ll want to try these Polish drop noodles or laid noodles


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon butter, melted

Instructions

  1. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer.
  2. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, water, eggs, and salt. When combined, add the butter and stir to incorporate.
  3. Scoop up a small amount of dough along the side of a tablespoon. Lower the spoon in the simmering water. If the noodle doesn’t release from the spoon, give it a sideways shake. Repeat, until you’ve used all of the dough or the pan in full (meaning you’ll need to cook more than one batch). The noodles will float to the top. Continue to cook for 2-3 more minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove the noodles and serve.

Notes

To reheat, add to hot soup or broth, or saute in butter.

Keywords: Polish Drop Noodles, Laid Noodles

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Lois Britton

An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com,  she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.

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Comments

  1. Emily T

    October 18, 2021 at 7:55 pm

    Exactly like my Grammy’s, it’s my favorite!

    Reply
  2. Sharon

    October 25, 2021 at 2:24 pm

    My very beloved grandma use to make these but she called them “Rivels”. She would drop these into beef broth. I can make them but of course nowhere near as well as she did.

    Reply
  3. Brian

    October 25, 2021 at 2:33 pm

    Sounds so good and easy! I want some now! LOL

    ★★★

    Reply
  4. Diabe

    October 25, 2021 at 7:11 pm

    As children we called them dumpers or dumplings. My children called them clouds. So do my grandchildren. ❤️

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  5. Beverly Leszczynski

    October 25, 2021 at 7:19 pm

    1/2 cup of chicken broth and bacon grease. dip your spoon in the hot chicken broth before you drop the dough will slide out easy

    Reply
  6. Alicia Nobel

    October 25, 2021 at 9:43 pm

    I use pretty much the same recipe minus the butter….but I am looking forward to trying it!!! Thanks!!!

    Reply
  7. Carol Kolinski DeSimone

    October 27, 2021 at 11:21 am

    I made these today. My relatives used to call them leadbellies, and now I know why I served with clear chicken broth as my grandmother used to do. . I thought they were tasty, just not exactly how I remember them. I will definitely make again.

    ★★★★

    Reply
  8. Lee Ransley

    October 27, 2021 at 6:48 pm

    We use them with chicken paprlkash. Yummy

    Reply
  9. Jean Turanski

    October 28, 2021 at 9:30 am

    My Mom added cottage cheese to the dough and we knew them as Lazy Pierogi.

    Reply
  10. Pamela Edson

    October 28, 2021 at 1:28 pm

    Same recipe I use to make spaetzle, but I push them through a colander or a spaetzle maker.

    Reply
  11. Nicole O

    November 5, 2021 at 6:32 pm

    Done and they were perfect! I added the smallest amount of nutmeg just because that’s how we like them. Thanks so much!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  12. Diana

    November 22, 2021 at 8:50 pm

    I’m making them as I type. When mom made hers the dough wasn’t this loose. I don’t feel like getting the flour out so I’ll leave as is. I didn’t put the butter in because I’m debating!!will it make it even looser?
    The main reason I’m writing is to tell you what mom does when cooking. She hopes the spoon in the cooking water. When it’s really hot the dough rolls off the spoon as you’re dipping the loaded spoon back into the water.

    Reply
  13. Russell Shum

    December 1, 2021 at 1:59 pm

    do you know what this would be called if ground raw potatoes were added to this? Thank you

    Reply
    • polishhousewife

      December 4, 2021 at 10:16 am

      Maybe kartoflane kluski?

      Reply
    • Eva Brassfield

      January 14, 2022 at 1:16 am

      Depend on region in Poland – siwe kluski (gray kluski), zelazne kluski (iron kluski). There is more names for it.

      Reply
  14. Cindy

    December 28, 2021 at 5:51 pm

    We call them sinkers. My nana always made them with her vegetable beef soup.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  15. Charlene Harris

    January 18, 2022 at 5:59 pm

    I made them tonight with bacon grease and cottage cheese very good!

    Reply
  16. Edmund A Kawecki

    March 22, 2022 at 5:42 am

    Mom always made these with ground potato.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  17. Willow

    May 31, 2022 at 5:37 pm

    My Babci used to make these for me and we ate them with cottage cheese. I am definitely making them!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  18. Jan Mohler

    July 24, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    Mom frequently made these … economical when dropped into a tomato and beef bone liquid. We, too, called it kluski.
    Smaller version, spaetzle , dough was pushed through a sieve and I think that’s Norwegian.
    Loving your comments and recipes. Thank you.

    Reply
  19. Sylvia Purdy

    August 18, 2022 at 1:39 pm

    Is this recipe right? Mine were VERY runny. They just fell apart in the water. I remember my granny having a much thicker batter. Dropping into a soup we called skubunki. Beef base. After a few failures I thickened mine with more flour to finish up. Bacon grease instead of butter sounds good too. With a little cottage cheese? Yum!

    ★★★★

    Reply
  20. Diana Lis

    October 22, 2022 at 3:42 pm

    My mom and mother-in-law used to make these. Mom would crack and beat an egg in an extra large coffee cup. Then she more or less added about a cop of flour, salt & pepper and stir together with a fork. It will feel like you need to add some liquid but don’t! Mom said you have to continue mixing vigorously and you’ll see the dough loosening. If you can’t get it to a smooth, kind of sticky dough then you can add a tablespoon of liquid and continue mixing.

    When your water comes to a rolling boil turn the flame lower until there are simmering bubbles. Next hold a teaspoon in the pot water and heat up the spoon 15-20 seconds. Begin grabbing the dough with the teaspoon and placing the dough into the pot and continue until you use up the dough. Let them rise to the top then let simmer for 5-8 minutes. When ready scoop them out of the pot!

    Reply
  21. Dolores Cipolla

    November 29, 2022 at 5:28 pm

    My mother used to make kluski with left over mashed potatoes, adding flour and egg
    and I think some water. Do you have a recpie for something like that? I done remember
    the amounts of flour

    I want to try these.
    Dolores

    Reply
    • Lois Britton

      December 7, 2022 at 4:36 pm

      Does this sound like it? https://polishhousewife.com/kluski-slaskie-silesian-dumplings/

      Reply
  22. Mika

    December 11, 2022 at 3:40 pm

    I’m so excited to make these! I might make a care package for a friend with some – would these freeze well?

    Reply
    • Lois Britton

      December 19, 2022 at 2:13 pm

      I have not frozen them, but I think they would freeze well.

      Reply
  23. Patricia cerar

    December 16, 2022 at 12:32 pm

    I love the polish drops. I am very polish. Looking for a cheese topping polish babka. If you have please share
    Thank you

    ★★★★★

    Reply

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