Chopped Cheese Sliders
Chopped Cheese Sliders
Ingredients
For the Sliders
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 2 packets sazon
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose seasoning, or your favorite burger blend
- 1 yellow onion, finely chopped
- 12 Hawaiian rolls, or brioche rolls, 1 standard pack
- 6 slices American cheese
- 1 cup shredded lettuce, optional
- 1 large tomato, sliced, optional
For the Sauce
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon sweet relish
- 1 teaspoon garlic paste
For the Garlic Butter Topping
- 1 stick unsalted butter, 1/2 cup
- 1 tablespoon Mike's Hot Honey
- 1 teaspoon garlic paste
- 1/2 teaspoon buttery garlic pepper seasoning, or garlic powder + black pepper + a pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 350°F. Finely chop the yellow onion.
⏱️ 5 min•🌡️ 350
- 2
Prepare the Garlic Butter Topping: In a small bowl, combine the softened unsalted butter, Mike's Hot Honey, garlic paste, and buttery garlic pepper seasoning (or garlic powder, black pepper, and a pinch of salt). Mix thoroughly with a spatula until all ingredients are well combined. Stir in the fresh chopped parsley. Set the mixture aside.
⏱️ 5 min
- 3
In a large pan over medium-high heat, begin cooking the ground beef. As the beef starts to brown, add the finely chopped yellow onion. Continue to cook, breaking up the ground beef with a spatula, until it is partially cooked.
⏱️ 7 min
- 4
Add the sazon packets and all-purpose seasoning to the pan with the ground beef and onion. Continue to cook and break up the beef until it is fully browned and cooked through. Drain any excess grease.
⏱️ 5 min
- 5
Reduce the heat to low. Add the American cheese slices to the cooked ground beef and onion mixture in the pan. Allow the cheese to melt, then stir it into the mixture until it is fully incorporated and the beef and cheese are combined in a "chopped cheese" style. Remove from heat and set aside.
⏱️ 3 min
- 6
Prepare the Sauce: In a separate bowl, combine the mayonnaise, ketchup, sweet relish, and garlic paste. Whisk the ingredients until the sauce is smooth and well combined. Set the sauce aside.
⏱️ 3 min - 7
Carefully slice the Hawaiian rolls horizontally through the middle, ensuring the rolls remain connected. Place the bottom half of the rolls on a baking rack that is set over a foil-lined baking sheet.
⏱️ 2 min
- 8
Evenly spread the prepared sauce over the bottom halves of the rolls. Layer several slices of American cheese on top of the sauce-covered bottom buns.
⏱️ 2 min
- 9
Spoon the chopped cheese ground beef mixture generously over the American cheese on the bottom buns. Place the top halves of the Hawaiian rolls over the ground beef mixture to complete the sliders.
⏱️ 3 min
- 10
Transfer the baking sheet with the assembled sliders to the preheated oven. Bake for 15 minutes, or until the rolls are lightly golden and the cheese is melted.
⏱️ 15 min•🌡️ 350
- 11
Remove the sliders from the oven. Using a brush, generously apply the prepared garlic butter topping over the tops of the baked rolls.
⏱️ 2 min
- 12
Serve the Chopped Cheese Sliders warm, optionally with additional shredded lettuce and sliced tomato, and the prepared sauce for dipping.
⏱️ 1 min
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Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Chopped Cheese Sliders
For the Sliders
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 2 packets sazon
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose seasoning, or your favorite burger blend
- 1 yellow onion, finely chopped
- 12 Hawaiian rolls, or brioche rolls, 1 standard pack
- 6 slices American cheese
- 1 cup shredded lettuce, optional
- 1 large tomato, sliced, optional
For the Sauce
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon sweet relish
- 1 teaspoon garlic paste
For the Garlic Butter Topping
- 1 stick unsalted butter, 1/2 cup
- 1 tablespoon Mike's Hot Honey
- 1 teaspoon garlic paste
- 1/2 teaspoon buttery garlic pepper seasoning, or garlic powder + black pepper + a pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 350°F. Finely chop the yellow onion.
⏱️ 5 min•🌡️ 350 - 2
Prepare the Garlic Butter Topping: In a small bowl, combine the softened unsalted butter, Mike's Hot Honey, garlic paste, and buttery garlic pepper seasoning (or garlic powder, black pepper, and a pinch of salt). Mix thoroughly with a spatula until all ingredients are well combined. Stir in the fresh chopped parsley. Set the mixture aside.
⏱️ 5 min - 3
In a large pan over medium-high heat, begin cooking the ground beef. As the beef starts to brown, add the finely chopped yellow onion. Continue to cook, breaking up the ground beef with a spatula, until it is partially cooked.
⏱️ 7 min - 4
Add the sazon packets and all-purpose seasoning to the pan with the ground beef and onion. Continue to cook and break up the beef until it is fully browned and cooked through. Drain any excess grease.
⏱️ 5 min - 5
Reduce the heat to low. Add the American cheese slices to the cooked ground beef and onion mixture in the pan. Allow the cheese to melt, then stir it into the mixture until it is fully incorporated and the beef and cheese are combined in a "chopped cheese" style. Remove from heat and set aside.
⏱️ 3 min - 6
Prepare the Sauce: In a separate bowl, combine the mayonnaise, ketchup, sweet relish, and garlic paste. Whisk the ingredients until the sauce is smooth and well combined. Set the sauce aside.
⏱️ 3 min - 7
Carefully slice the Hawaiian rolls horizontally through the middle, ensuring the rolls remain connected. Place the bottom half of the rolls on a baking rack that is set over a foil-lined baking sheet.
⏱️ 2 min - 8
Evenly spread the prepared sauce over the bottom halves of the rolls. Layer several slices of American cheese on top of the sauce-covered bottom buns.
⏱️ 2 min - 9
Spoon the chopped cheese ground beef mixture generously over the American cheese on the bottom buns. Place the top halves of the Hawaiian rolls over the ground beef mixture to complete the sliders.
⏱️ 3 min - 10
Transfer the baking sheet with the assembled sliders to the preheated oven. Bake for 15 minutes, or until the rolls are lightly golden and the cheese is melted.
⏱️ 15 min•🌡️ 350 - 11
Remove the sliders from the oven. Using a brush, generously apply the prepared garlic butter topping over the tops of the baked rolls.
⏱️ 2 min - 12
Serve the Chopped Cheese Sliders warm, optionally with additional shredded lettuce and sliced tomato, and the prepared sauce for dipping.
⏱️ 1 min