These BBQ Deli Chicken Sliders are perfect when you need an easy, crowd-pleasing recipe for a busy weeknight or game day. Using simple ingredients like deli chicken, cheddar cheese, and your favorite BBQ sauce, you can have these delicious mini sandwiches ready in about 35 minutes. They’re warm, cheesy, and filled with that irresistible smoky-sweet barbecue flavor that everyone loves. Serve it with a side salad, potato salad or baked potatoes for a complete meal that’s sure to go away quickly.
Yes! Assemble them, cover tightly with aluminum foil, and refrigerate for up to 24 hours. Bake before serving for best flavor and texture.
Once baked, cover them with foil and place in the slow cooker on the “warm” setting. This is the best way to serve a large group of people without boring them.
Absolutely. While melted cheese adds richness, you can skip it or use dairy-free cheese if desired.
protein: Swap the deli chicken for rotisserie chicken, shredded chicken or pulled chicken made from chicken thighs or skinless chicken breasts.
cheese: Cheddar is a classic cheese, but mozzarella, pepper jack, or Colby Jack also melt perfectly.
Sauce: Any barbecue sauce will do, try smoky, spicy, or sweet ones to suit your taste.
roll: Fluffy Hawaiian rolls are the most popular, but buns, dinner rolls, and even sandwich rolls are all great options if your grocery store carries them.
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Ingredient description
- Sweet Hawaiian Rolls: Their fluffy texture and subtle sweetness are the perfect base Slider Recipes.
- Deli Chicken: one good choice Eat fast food when you don’t have time to cook skinless chicken breast, chicken thighsor roast chicken.
- Cheddar cheese: Melted beautifully and gooey, lots of cheese Every bite works.
- BBQ Sauce: Choose your Favorite BBQ Sauce There’s even a smoky homemade version – it’s the star flavor BBQ Chicken Sliders.
- French Fried Onions: Adds crunch and a hint of sweetness that pairs perfectly with barbecue flavor.
- Unsalted butter: Combine with maple syrup and spices to create a delicious garlic butter-style butter mixture used to brush top of bread.
- Maple syrup: Brings a hint of caramel sweetness that balances the rich sauce.
- Dried onions and smoked paprika: Adds depth and warmth to ingredients.
- Poppy seeds: Give Top buns A bit of texture and a classic slider look.
- Fresh parsley: Add a bright pop of color to your decor.
BBQ Deli Chicken Sliders
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray the bottom of a 9×13 baking pan with cooking spray.
- Cut the Hawaiian roll in half lengthwise and place the bottom halves in a baking dish.
- Next, add a layer of sliced deli chicken, then add the cheddar cheese.
- Add the fried onions over the cheese and then add the barbecue sauce.
- Place top bread layer back on slider.
- Mix together the melted butter, maple syrup, dried onions, paprika, and poppy seeds.
- Brush top of slider buns generously.
- Cover the baking sheet with foil and bake in the oven for 20 minutes, or until the sliders are warm and the cheese is melted.
- Remove foil and bake sliders for an additional 5 minutes, until top is golden brown. Garnish the tops of the hot sliders with fresh chopped parsley, serve immediately, and enjoy!
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BBQ Deli Chicken Sliders
These BBQ Deli Chicken Sliders are perfect when you need an easy, crowd-pleasing recipe for a busy weeknight or game day.
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Calories: 250kilocalories | carbohydrate: 30gram | protein: 12gram | Fat: 12gram | Saturated fat: 8gram | Polyunsaturated fat: 1gram | Monounsaturated fat: 2gram | Trans fats: 0.2gram | cholesterol: 57milligrams | sodium: 818milligrams | Potassium: 213milligrams | fiber: 0.3gram | sugar: 13gram | Vitamin A: Chapter 397IU | Vitamin C: 1milligrams | calcium: 118milligrams | iron: 0.4milligrams
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