hash browns

American  

Or hash-browns,

plural noun

1. crisp-fried potatoes made by dicing, chopping, or mashing boiled potatoes and browning them in hot fat or oil.

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hash browns British  

plural noun

1. diced boiled potatoes mixed with chopped onion, shaped and fried until brown

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Etymology

Origin of hash browns

First recorded in 1950–55

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hash browns

For the $4 breakfast bundle, customers can choose a sausage McMuffin or sausage biscuit, served with hash browns and a small coffee.

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

But I love a boiled egg in the morning with either avocado or hash browns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

Dawn Hayes is cooking sausages and hash browns in the kitchen of Shirecliffe Community Centre in Sheffield.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

Platters of bacon, eggs and hash browns have been around forever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

If I’m lucky, Mama Ya-Ya will make grits or hash browns, too.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes