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Cowboy Sliders

Cowboy Sliders with ground beef, melted cheese, bacon, and jalapeño slices on toasted buns
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Cowboy Sliders feature seasoned ground beef, cheese, bacon, onions, and peppers, all baked between cowboy buttered buns. Great game day appetizers or any time mini meals.

Ingredients

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  • ½ cup salted butter (sliced into pats)
  • 1 tablespoon Honey Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon fresh chopped chives
  • 1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley (I used curly parsley, but you can use flat leaf parsley)
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • ¼ teaspoon ground chipotle powder
  • 12 King Hawaiian Rolls ((1 pack – keep the rolls connected to each other))
  • 1 pound ground beef (I used 80/20 mixture, but you can use 88/12 or 90/10)
  • ½ cup finely chopped sweet yellow onion
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 2 tablespoons hamburger seasoning (I used McCormick’s brand)
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1½ cups sharp cheddar cheese (freshly shredded )
  • 8 slices smoked bacon (cooked, crispy and crumbled)
  • 1 cup french fried onions
  • 1 medium size jalapeno (seeded and sliced into 12 rings)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. Add the sliced butter to a small (2-3 quarts) saucepan over medium heat. Allow the butter to completely melt. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
  3. Whisk in the honey Dijon mustard, chopped chives, chopped parsley, thyme leaves, minced garlic, kosher salt, cracked black pepper, paprika and chipotle powder. Continue whisking just until well incorporated. (The butter may have a slightly curdled appearance, but that is normal)
  4. Carefully slice the King Hawaiian rolls in half horizontally, keeping the rolls connected. Place the bottom half in the prepared baking dish.
  5. In a 10-12 inch nonstick skillet over medium high heat, cook the ground beef, onions and garlic stirring constantly, breaking up the ground beef as you go until the ground beef is cooked through and no longer pink. Drain any excess oil.
  6. Stir in the hamburger seasoning and Worcestershire sauce.
  7. Use a pastry brush to coat the bottom half of the rolls with the cowboy butter.
  8. Spoon the ground beef mixture over the butter layer.
  9. Next, evenly sprinkle the shredded cheddar cheese.
  10. Sprinkle the crumbled bacon over the shredded cheese layer.
  11. Evenly sprinkle the french fried onions over the bacon layer.
  12. Finally place 1 jalapeno ring on top of the french fried onions for each slider.
  13. Top the sliders with the top half of the buns.
  14. Use the pastry brush to coat the top buns with the remaining cowboy butter.
  15. Cover the sliders with heavy duty aluminum foil. Bake covered for 15 minutes. Uncover the sliders and continue to bake for another 10 minutes until the tops are a golden brown. Check at the 8 minute mark to prevent the tops from burning.
  16. Allow the sliders to rest in the pan for 5 minutes, before carefully slicing each portion of sliders. Serve while hot.

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