sauerbraten

plural sauerbratens

1. countableuncountableA German dish of roasted marinated horsemeat or (now more frequently) beef or pork.

   But some meat dishes, like the sauerbraten, are drenched in sauces that tend to be a little too heavy and sweet.

   2006 November 24, Michael Gebhert/Mike Sula/David Hammond, “Critic's Choice/Roast Pheasant in a Sleigh and Other Eastern European Delights”, in Chicago Reader

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   My sauerbraten ($10.95) was a disaster, thin slices of beef drowned in a lake of gravy, and way too sauer, although the accompanying spaetzle were firm and buttery.

   1992 March 13, Jody Stern, “Restaurant Tours: joie de Germans?”, in Chicago Reader

   The worst thing that would have happened if Germany had won is that I'd be speaking German now and eating sauerbraten instead of hamburger," he says. "

   1994 July 22, Grant Pick, “Bigot for Hire”, in Chicago Reader