# The best Polish dishes

The best-loved and most 'Polish' dishes according to surveys on Polish cuisine (bigos, żurek and pork cutlet seen as typically Polish) and rankings of traditional food.

- 1 vote · 16 items
- Oct 28, 2024 · Weronika Michalska
- https://even.best/en/l/195/the-best-polish-dishes

## Top 15

1. **Pierogi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Dumplings with potato and cheese (ruskie), meat, cabbage and mushroom or fruit; the most Polish dish, known worldwide.
2. **Bigos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hunter's stew of sauerkraut and cabbage with meat, sausage and mushrooms; 94% of those surveyed see it as typically Polish.
3. **Żurek** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sour rye soup with white sausage and egg, a must at Easter.
4. **Kotlet schabowy** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Breaded pork cutlet with potatoes and cucumber salad, the Sunday lunch.
5. **Gołąbki** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cabbage leaves stuffed with meat and rice in tomato sauce.
6. **Rosół** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sunday chicken and beef broth with noodles.
7. **Red borscht with uszka** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Clear beetroot soup with mushroom dumplings for Christmas Eve.
8. **Placki ziemniaczane** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried grated potato pancakes, with sour cream or goulash.
9. **Zupa pomidorowa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tomato soup with rice or noodles, often made from yesterday's broth.
10. **Golonka** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Roast or boiled pork knuckle with horseradish and beer.
11. **Kaszanka** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Buckwheat and blood sausage, grilled or fried with onions.
12. **Pączki** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried doughnuts with rose jam or custard, eaten in huge numbers on Fat Thursday.
13. **Kapuśniak** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sauerkraut soup with pork ribs.
14. **Zrazy zawijane** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beef rolls with bacon, gherkin and onion braised in gravy.
15. **Sernik** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Twaróg cheesecake; with pierogi and bigos, what Poles would most like to serve foreign guests.
16. **Herring in cream** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Herring with onion and apple in sour cream, a Christmas Eve classic.

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