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These handheld cheeseburger sliders combine seasoned ground beef and melty cheese on Hawaiian rolls with homemade burger sauce and garlic herb butter.
Essential Ingredients:
- Ground beef: Creates juicy base
- Hawaiian rolls: Perfect size
- American cheese: Best melt
- Homemade burger sauce
- Garlic herb butter: Adds flavor
- Fresh onions: Adds depth
Detailed Instructions:
- Prepare Components
- Make burger sauce
- Season ground beef
- Cook with onions
- Drain excess fat
- Assemble Base
- Split rolls horizontally
- Spread with sauce
- Layer cheese on bottom
- Add beef mixture
- Build Layers
- Add pickles and more cheese
- Top with bun halves
- Press gently
- Prepare butter mixture
- Prepare butter mixture
- Finish and Bake
- Brush with herb butter
- Bake until golden
- Add more butter while hot
- Serve immediately
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Storage Tips:
Keeps 4 days refrigerated. Freezes well up to 1 month.
Perfect Pairings:
Serve with fries, coleslaw, or potato salad.
Chef's Tips:
- Use medium heat for beef
- Season each layer
- Keep rolls connected
- Watch browning carefully
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Years of making sliders taught me that proper layering and careful baking creates the perfect handheld burger experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
- → Why Hawaiian rolls?
- Sweet rolls complement savory filling perfectly.
- → Make ahead?
- Assemble ahead, add butter and bake before serving.
- → Best cheese option?
- American melts best. Cheddar works too.
- → Sauce too much?
- Can serve sauce on side instead of in sliders.
- → Reheat tips?
- Cover with foil, warm in oven until heated through.