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Template:Infobox food Pytt i panna (Swedish), pytt i panne (Norwegian), pytt i pannu (Finnish) or biksemad (Danish), is a culinary dish consisting of chopped meat, potatoes and onions fried in a pan, similar to a hash, and popular in Scandinavia. The term is Swedish for "small pieces in a pan".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Diehl 2012">Template:Cite book</ref>

Traditionally consisting of potatoes, onions, and any kind of chopped or minced meat such as sausage, ham, or meatballs, diced and then pan fried, it is often served with a fried egg, pickled beetroot slices, sour pickled gherkin slices, capers and sometimes ketchup or brown sauce.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> An alternative version of the dish stirs in cream after frying, much like a gravy, turning it into "cream stewed pyttipanna" (Template:Langx).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The dish was originally made from leftovers of past meals<ref name="Diehl 2012"/> but now it is also common to prepare pytt i panna from prime ingredients. Frozen pyttipanna of many varieties can be bought in almost every Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish supermarket. Many variants of the dish exist, including vegetarian and vegan dishes.Template:Cn

Pytt i panna is often abbreviated to pytt, especially when referring to variants such as oxpytt (pytt i panna made with beef) or krögarpytt ("innkeeper's pytt", made with more finely diced potatoes and beef).Template:Cn

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Plain pytt i panna without any garnish

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