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Two pulled chicken sliders with melted cheddar cheese and a golden, glossy bun are served on a white plate. The filling is spilling slightly out of the sandwiches.
Melissa Jo

Spicy BBQ Chicken Sliders

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You get small onion chopped, jalapeno chopped, and package of king’s hawaiian rolls in every tasty bite of this Spicy BBQ Chicken Sliders main course.
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Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 31 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large chicken breasts boiled and shredded with 2 forks or use your fingers like I do
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 1 jalapeno chopped
  • 1 package of King’s Hawaiian Rolls
  • ¼ cup Dill pickle chips
  • ¼ lb. of sliced muenster cheese
  • ¼ lb. of sliced cheddar cheese
  • 1 bottle of Sweet Baby Ray's sweet & spicy BBQ sauce I used almost the whole bottle
  • seasoning for chicken mixture: 1 tsp of cayenne, 1 tsp. of garlic powder, salt & pepper
  • Pam cooking spray
  • 1 tbsp. of vegetable oil and 1 tbsp. of butter for the pan
Butter Topping: (You can pour over half or 3/4 of the butter sauce on the sliders and then leave some to brush over the top once they're out of the oven)
  • 1 stick of salted butter
  • 1 tsp of brown sugar
  • 2 shakes of Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 tsp of cayenne
  • salt & pepper

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Sauté the onion & jalapeno in vegetable oil and butter until translucent (sprinkle with salt & pepper while cooking)
  3. add the garlic powder& cayenne
  4. add the (pre-cooked) shredded chicken and BBQ sauce to pan (sauté everything together at medium heat for about 5 minutes)
  5. Use serrated knife to slice open your slider rolls
  6. Spray your clean baking dish (Pyrex) with Pam cooking spray
  7. Begin assembling sliders in this order:
  8. Bottom buns
  9. Muenster cheese slices
  10. BBQ chicken mixture
  11. Pickle chips
  12. Cheddar cheese slices
  13. Top your sliders with the top buns
  14. Melt the butter and add the seasonings (Butter Topping)
  15. Pour the Butter mixture evenly over the sliders
  16. Bake in the oven at 350 for 15-20 minutes Cover half the time with aluminum foil and then uncover for the last half of the baking time

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Notes

  • King's Hawaiian Rolls or any other dinner rolls that are about 2 inches across. If you use my favorite, King’s Hawaiian Rolls, you’ll need a serrated bread knife to slice them through neatly! Here is an option: https://amzn.to/2RDHOAP
  • Jalapeno: REMOVE the seeds! or it'll be too spicy AND wear gloves while removing so you don't burn your eyes out!
  • BBQ sauce: I used Sweet Baby Ray's Sweet & Spicy BBQ sauce. You can substitute your favorite BBQ sauce, though!
  • Cheese: My favorite cheese of all time is muenster cheese, but you can replace with another cheese if you'd like. This recipes calls for muenster and cheddar cheese slices.
  • Chicken Breast: You need 2 large chicken breasts for this recipe. Here's the trick to boiling chicken breast.
  • Bring water to a rolling boil and then drop in the chicken breast. Boil vigorously for 3 minutes. Then drop the heat lower to about a simmer and boil for another 7-10 minutes until done.
 

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