Alsace's white-wine answer to coq au vin: chicken braised in dry Riesling with mushrooms and cream, finished glossy and served over buttered egg noodles or spaetzle.
Where Burgundy braises its chicken in red, Alsace reaches for its own dry Riesling. Coq au Riesling is the region's house chicken dish, the bird simmered slowly in white wine with mushrooms and shallots, then enriched with cream at the end. It belongs to the same farmhouse tradition as baeckeoffe and choucroute, using the wine that grows on the doorstep. Winstubs and home kitchens alike serve it with spaetzle to catch the sauce.
3 editor picks for Coq au Riesling in Strasbourg, ranked by editorial score. All Strasbourg signature dishes · Coq au Riesling across every city.
Chez Yvonne ★ 4.4
Grande Ile · 10 Rue du Sanglier, 67000 Strasbourg
Chez Yvonne, the S'Burjerstuewel near the cathedral, is the city's best-known winstub, a wood-panelled room famous for its tete de veau and Alsatian classics.
Winstub Le Clou ★ 4.1
Grande Ile · 3 Rue du Chaudron, 67000 Strasbourg
Winstub Le Clou on Rue du Chaudron near the cathedral is a classic Alsatian tavern for choucroute, baeckeoffe and waedele, poured with Riesling.
Le Schnockeloch ★ 4.0
Petite France · 1 Quai Saint-Jean, 67000 Strasbourg
Le Schnockeloch on the Quai Saint-Jean is a large Alsatian institution between the station and Petite France for choucroute, baeckeoffe and flammekueche.