runza

{{Short description|Filled bread pocket}}

{{for|the restaurant|Runza (restaurant)}}

{{Infobox food

| name = Runza

| caption = A runza

| image = Runza 01.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| country = United States

| region = Nebraska

| course = Main

| main_ingredient = Bread, Ground beef, Cabbage, Seasonings, Onion

| variations = Cheddar cheese, Swiss cheese & mushrooms, Italian style, jalapeños, vegetarian{{cite web |url=https://omaha.com/dining/have-you-tried-the-new-veggie-runzas-we-did/article_74855797-2ab2-5a92-8697-91bc9da83f96.html |title=Have you tried the new veggie Runzas? We did |last=Coffey |first=Kevin |date=18 Oct 2019 |publisher=Omaha World-Herald |access-date=16 Nov 2020 }}

| calories = 530 (Standard/"Original"){{cite web |date=December 2011 |url=http://www.runza.com/resources/dyn/files/705253z77840cef/_fn/NutritionWeb.pdf |title=Runza Nutrition Information |website=Runza.com |access-date=December 27, 2016}}

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A runza (also called a krautburger, or kraut pirok) is a yeast dough bread pocket with a filling consisting of ground beef, cabbage or sauerkraut, onions, and seasonings.{{cite news |first=Warren |last=Rojas |date=March 26, 2014 |url=http://www.rollcall.com/2014/03/26/nebraskans-know-theres-no-substitute-for-runza-noshtalgia/ |title=Nebraskans Know There's No Substitute for Runza |newspaper=Roll Call |location=Washington D.C. |access-date=December 27, 2016}}{{cite news |first=John |last=Bordsen |date=December 27, 2016 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/2016/12/27/sandwich-that-stems-from-eastern-europe-powers-great-plains-chain/ |title=Sandwich That Stems from Eastern Europe Powers Great Plains Chain |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=December 27, 2016}}{{cite news |first1=Kay |last1=Billingsley |first2=Tim |last2=Carman |date=April 29, 2016 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/nebraska-runzas-way-washington/15266/ |title=Nebraska Runzas, by Way of Washington |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=December 27, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/34892/krautburger/ |title= Krautburger |last=Pearce |first=Marlene |publisher=Allrecipes.com |access-date=16 Nov 2020 }} Runzas can be baked into various shapes such as a half-moon, a rectangle, a round (bun), a square, or a triangle. The runzas sold by the Runza restaurant chain are rectangular while many of the bierocks sold in Kansas are round buns.{{cite news |url=https://www.kansas.com/entertainment/restaurants/dining-with-denise-neil/article176082361.html |title=Where to get bierocks, the official food of Kansas in the fall |last=Neil |first=Denise |quote=Some bake them in a round shape. Some make them rectangular. |newspaper=The Wichita Eagle}}

The runza is a regional cuisine of Nebraska, with some commentators calling it "as Nebraskan as Cornhusker football."{{cite web |url=https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/restaurants/only-nebraskans-know-runza |last=Landsel |first=David |title=Only Nebraskans Know The Runza |publisher=Food & Wine}} It is served by the Nebraska Society of Washington, D.C.,{{cite web |url=http://nebraskasociety.org/events/2016-taste-of-nebraska/ |title=2016 Taste of Nebraska |publisher=Nebraska Society of Washington, D.C. |access-date=2018-11-01 |archive-date=2018-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105211331/http://nebraskasociety.org/events/2016-taste-of-nebraska/ |url-status=dead }} and the Nebraska Society of New York{{cite news |title=Manhattan to Taste Nebraska Foods |newspaper=Omaha World-Herald |date=15 May 1987 |last=MacMillan |first=Kyle |quote=What do you do when you live 1,252 miles from Nebraska and you suddenly have a craving for a Runza or a slice of Valentino's pizza? You order them flown in, of course. That's exactly what the Nebraska Society of New York plans to do for its Nebraska food extravaganza in New York City Sunday.}} at their Taste of Nebraska events and was chosen to represent the state at Flavored Nation, an event serving iconic dishes from all fifty states.{{cite web |url=https://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/the-runza-will-represent-nebraska-at-new-national-food-event/article_7e1da5e9-f82f-5b50-b1ca-1fb18cc60107.html |title=The Runza will represent Nebraska at new national food event |last=O'Connor |first=Michael |publisher=Omaha World-Herald |date=28 August 2017}}