hot brown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An open sandwich of turkey and bacon, covered in mornay sauce and baked or broiled until the bread is crisp and the sauce begins to brown.

Word forms

hot brown hot browns

Etymology

Originally created at the Brown Hotel (funded and owned by James Graham Brown) in Louisville, Kentucky.

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