These easy to assemble BBQ chicken sliders have just the right amount of filling, melting cheese, and a deliciously buttery crisp topping. They will fly off the baking pan at your next party or family game night.
PREP TIME 10 minutesminutes
COOK TIME 10 minutesminutes
TOTAL TIME 20 minutesminutes
YIELD 16sliders
Ingredients
16small slider buns
1 1/2lbbbq chickenshredded *See Note
4slicesprovolone cheese
4tablespoonsbuttermelted
1teaspoonWorcestershire sauce
1tablespoonhoney
1tablespoondijon mustard
1tablespoonpoppy seeds
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Line a large baking pan with aluminum foil and set aside.
Set Up Your Assembly Station:
Heat your prepared BBQ chicken in the microwave until hot.
Cut the slider buns into open-faced hinged buns (not sliced all the way through) and place in neat rows on the aluminum foil covered pan.
Place the provolone cheese next to the pan.
Make the Sauce for the Topping:
Stir together the melted butter, Worchestire sauce, honey, and dijon until the honey has dissolved into the liquid.
Set a pastry brush in the bowl and add it to your assembly station.
Assemble & Bake the Sliders:
Top each open face slider bun with 2 tbsp of shredded chicken mixture.
Tear each slice of provolone into quarters and top each slider with 1/4 of the slice of cheese. (It helps to fold the cheese in half and tear, then fold each half again and tear.)
Shut the buns over the filling and brush the tops with the butter sauce. Drizzle every last drop over the buns even if it pours down the sides and onto the baking pan.
Sprinkle the tops of the buns with poppy seeds.
Cover the pan loosely with aluminum foil and bake for 6 minutes.
Uncover the pan and bake for an additional 4 - 6 minutes or until the buns are toasted and the cheese is melted.
Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
BBQ Chicken:
You can use prepared shredded chicken from the grocery store, but we much prefer to make our own.This BBQ Crockpot chicken recipe has only 4 ingredients and takes 5 minutes to prep. You could cook it the day before you want to make your sliders or in the morning.
Slider Buns:
Any small, 3 - 4-inch buns would work for this slider recipe. Hawaiian dinner rolls, potato dinner rolls, or any white or whole wheat dinner roll you love.We found Martin's potato rolls to be perfect with the sweet BBQ sauce we love.