hot brown

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounhot brown (plural hot browns)

plural hot browns

  1. Southern USAn 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.

Origin

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

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APA

hot brown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20brown

MLA

“hot brown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20brown. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hot brown,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20brown.

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