# The best typical German dishes

The favourite dishes of German cuisine, from beef roulade to currywurst, based on polls of Germans' favourite dishes and regional specialty guides.

- 48 votes · 17 items
- May 24, 2025 · Lea Krüger
- https://even.best/en/l/86/the-best-typical-german-dishes

## Top 15

1. **Rinderroulade** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Thin slices of beef rolled with mustard, bacon, onion and gherkin and braised; with red cabbage and dumplings.
2. **Schnitzel** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Breaded veal or pork escalope; with mushroom or paprika sauce it is a pub classic.
3. **Rheinischer Sauerbraten** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Beef marinated in vinegar for days and braised, with a sweet-and-sour raisin sauce.
4. **Schweinshaxe** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Crispy roast pork knuckle with dumplings and sauerkraut, a Bavarian classic.
5. **Kohlroulade** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Cabbage leaves stuffed with minced meat and braised.
6. **Labskaus** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Northern German sailors' dish of corned beef, potatoes and beetroot, with fried egg and rollmops.
7. **Bratkartoffeln with bacon** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Pan-fried potato slices with bacon and onion, often with a fried egg.
8. **Königsberger Klopse** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Veal meatballs in white caper sauce; the best-known East Prussian dish.
9. **Maultaschen** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Swabian pasta pockets filled with meat and spinach, in broth or pan-fried.
10. **Bratwurst with sauerkraut** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Grilled Thuringian or Nuremberg sausage with mustard and sauerkraut.
11. **Currywurst** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — Fried sausage with curry ketchup, invented in Berlin in 1949 by Herta Heuwer; number one in many polls.
12. **Käsespätzle** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Swabian egg noodles baked with mountain cheese and fried onions.
13. **Leberkäse** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Bavarian meatloaf, served warm in a bread roll with sweet mustard.
14. **Flammkuchen** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Thin flatbread with crème fraîche, onions and bacon, from Alsace and the Palatinate.
15. **Grünkohl mit Pinkel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Northern German winter dish of kale with Pinkel groats sausage.
16. **Potato salad with sausages** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Germans' favourite Christmas Eve meal according to polls.
17. **Weißwurst with pretzel** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Munich veal sausage eaten before noon with sweet mustard and wheat beer.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.