Cowboy Sliders
Cowboy Sliders start with Hawaiian buns filled with seasoned ground beef, jalapeno peppers, bacon, and cheese, then brushed and baked with cowboy butter.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoonvegetable oil
- ½yellow onion, (diced (about ½ cup))
- ½ teaspoongarlic, (minced)
- 1 poundground beef
- ½ teaspoonworcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoonseasoned salt
- 1 tablespoonhamburger seasoning
- 1 mediumjalapeño pepper, (seeded, sliced)
- 6slices thick-cut bacon, (cooked, crumbled (about 1 cup))
- 1 cupsharp cheddar cheese, (shredded)
- 1 cupfrench's crispy fried onions
- 1 packageking's hawaiian rolls
- 1recipe cowboy butter*, (made without lemon juice)
Directions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 7x11-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Set aside.
Hamburger mixture
- 1
In a medium skillet over medium heat, add the oil. When hot, cook the onion and garlic for 1-2 minutes.
- 2
Add the ground beef, Worcestershire sauce, seasoned salt, and hamburger seasoning. Cook the beef for 8-10 minutes, or until no longer pink, breaking up the beef with a wooden spoon. Remove from heat; drain any excess grease as necessary.
Assembly
- 1
Split your rolls in half horizontally and place the bottom halves in the baking dish.
- 2
Evenly pour about 2 tablespoons of cowboy butter over the bottom halves of the bread in the pan.
- 3
Top with the hamburger mixture.
- 4
Evenly place the jalapeños, bacon, and shredded cheese over the sliders. Evenly distribute the crispy fried onions over the cheese.
- 5
Place the top halves of the rolls on top of the fried onions. Brush the tops of the rolls with melted cowboy butter*.
- 6
Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for 15 minutes, or until the cheese is hot and bubbly.
- 7
Remove the foil and bake for an additional 3-5 minutes (or until the tops of the sliders turn a golden brown).
- 8
Remove from oven. Slice and serve the sliders with the remaining cowboy butter brushed over the hot sliders or for dipping.