Hash (food)
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Although it can technically be made of a combination of any finely chopped ingredients, hash is often a mixture of beef (often leftovers of corned beef or roast beef), onions, potatoes, and spices that are mashed together into a coarse, chunky paste, and then cooked, either alone, or with other ingredients.
In many locations in the U.S., corned beef hash is served primarily as a breakfast food on restaurant menus and home cuisine, often served with eggs and toast (or biscuits), and occasionally fried potatoes (hashbrowns, home fries, etc). The dish is usually known as corned beef hash with eggs, or corned beef hash & eggs. Alternatives of the dish use roast beef hash.
Alternatively, in the southern United States, the term "hash" refers to a blend of leftover pork from a barbecue mixed with barbecue sauce and served over rice. It is a common side dish at barbecue restaurants and pig pickins in South Carolina and Georgia.
Similar dishes
In Denmark hash is known in Danish as "biksemad" (roughly translated, "tossed together food"), and it is a traditional leftover dish usually served with a fried egg, bearnaise sauce, pickled red beet slices and ketchup. The meat is usually pork, and the mixture is not mashed together into a paste, but rather the ingredients are coarsely diced and readily discernible in its cooked form.
In Sweden there is a version of hash called pyttipanna and in Finland, pyttipannu. It is similar to the Danish version, but usually served without sauce.
In Austria and perhaps more specifically Tyrol there exists a similar dish called "Gröstl", usually consisting of chopped leftover meats (often being pork sausage), potato and onions fried with herbs (typically Marjoram and Parsley) and then served topped with a fried egg.
In Malaysia a similar dish is called "bergerdil". It is usually made with minced meat, potatoes, and onions, fried until brown.
See also
External links
- 'Hashed Beef, Plain' at The Household Cyclopedia - A recipe for hashed beef from an 1800s cookbook
- Scandinavian Hash (Biksemad) recipe
- BBQ Hash Recipe at about.com - Recipe for BBQ Hash and Rice