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by Diane
Buy our air fryer e-cookbooks today These pull apart bbq chicken sliders are so good and perfect for parties or anytime you’re serving a crowd. Warm out of the oven, these sliders are addicting and everyone eats more than one! Best of all, these sliders are easy to assemble the night before. More below on why we love these easy chicken sliders on sweet Hawaiian rolls!
Game Day Pull Apart BBQ Chicken Sliders
We’re always love bbq chicken in any form, style and recipe. In fact, we have quite a bbq chicken collection of recipes so far and we’ll always keep on adding bbq chicken recipes as long as we have chicken and bbq sauce! Today we’re sharing these awesome bbq chicken sliders. They’re not just any ordinary sliders, they’re pull apart bbq chicken sliders that’s perfect for parties, game day or any gathering! Made from simple ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry, this dish is the perfect party dish to share.
Video: Best BBQ Chicken Sliders Recipe
What are the best rolls for pull apart sliders?
There’s so many different options out there. You can find small slider rolls and then put them side by side, touching on a baking sheet. As you lay the ingredients on the rolls, the cheese will melt between them. And when you pull them apart, you can get the nice cheese pull. But our favorite is using the Kings Hawaiian sliders. They’re the perfect size and the buns are soft, tender and slightly sweet.
Easy Sliders Using Roast Chicken
Why are these sliders so quick and easy to assemble? We start with shredded roasted chicken because of the great flavor that the chicken has already been cooked. When you’re in a bind, you can easily buy a pre-cooked roast chicken at your local market. But you don’t have to use roast chicken. You can easily grill or bbq some chicken if you want the extra flavor or to customize your chicken seasonings. There’s many different ways to cook the chicken choose your favorite technique! And of course, always choose great tasting bbq sauce. There’s so many awesome bbq sauces out there to choose from. The possibilities are endless and a great sauce will take your pull apart sliders to the moon and double awesome!
Best cheese for pull apart sliders?
Make sure to choose a nice melty style cheese to get the “cheese pull”. Some cheese taste great, like aged cheddars, but they don’t melt to give you the “pull apart cheese”. So you can use your favorite flavorful cheese, but add these good melting cheese options too. That way, you get the full cheesy-pull-apart effect.
- American Cheese
- Mozzarella
- Spicy jack
- Swiss or Emmentaler
- Colby Jack
- Monterey Jack
- Provolone
Tips for Making Pull Apart BBQ Chicken Sliders
- Using a good melting cheese makes all the difference and allows these sliders to be truly pull apart with the amazing cheese pull.
- Add some of your favorite seasonings or drizzle extra bbq sauce on the sliders before topping.
- If you like other types of meat, you don’t have to use chicken. For example, you can do a pulled pork version with our easy Asian pulled pork recipe here.
- Use sliced turkey or ham for a deli meat pull apart.
- Vegetarian versions are just to use cheese and onions. Don’t use meat if you don’t want. Chop some veggies and sautee them for the filling like bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower or cabbage. A veggie pull apart is delicious.
- Other ingredients you can add in the sliders are pickles, sliced jalapenos or hot sauce if you like spicy foods.
- All pull apart bbq chicken sliders recipe details are in the recipe box below.
Pull-Apart BBQ Chicken Sliders
Yield: 12 sliders
Prep Time: 10 minutes mins
Cook Time: 20 minutes mins
Total Time: 30 minutes mins
We use shredded roasted chicken because of the great flavor that the chicken has already. But you can easily grill or bbq some chicken if you want the extra flavor. There’s many different ways to cook the chicken choose your favorite technique!
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Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) olive oil
- 1 small red onion, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 1/2 cups (350 g) shredded roast chicken
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) smoked paprika
- 1 Tablespoon (5 ml) Worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup (286 g) bbq sauce
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 12 dinner rolls or Hawaiian rolls-1 package
- 12 slices American cheese or cheddar cheese or 2 cups (480ml shredded cheese)
GARLIC PARSLEY BUTTER
- 1/4 cup (60 g) butter, 1/2 stick
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoons (10 ml) minced parsley
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350° F. Coat a 9×13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Make Garlic Parsley Butter: Add butter, garlic and minced parsley in medium bowl. Microwave until melted. Set aside.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook onions until soft, about 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Add the shredded chicken, smoked paprika, and Worcestershire sauce and bbq sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir to combine and cook until everything is heated through, about 2-3 minutes.
Cut the slider buns in half lengthwise. Place the bottom halves of the slider buns in the baking dish. Layer half of the cheese on the bottom buns.
Top with bbq chicken mixture, then layer with the remainder of the cheese. Place the top halves of the buns on top.
Brush the tops of the buns with the melted garlic parsley butter.
Bake until the cheese melts and everything is warmed through, 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.
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Nutrition Information per Serving
Calories: 243kcal, Carbohydrates: 11g, Protein: 11g, Fat: 16g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Cholesterol: 53mg, Sodium: 661mg, Potassium: 151mg, Sugar: 8g, Vitamin A: 435IU, Vitamin C: 0.5mg, Calcium: 236mg, Iron: 0.7mg
Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine: American
Calories: 243
More Easy Chicken Recipes:
- Lemon rosemary roast chicken
- healthy thai chicken soup
- garlic buffalo wings recipe
- instant pot creamy garlic chicken soup
- easy chicken chili recipe
- This recipe was originally published in 2017
- All our easy chicken recipes here
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Trinity — Reply
Kids and their friends gobbled this up. It’s great for a group of people.-
Diane — Reply
Yay! Thanks Trinity. So glad that the kids and their friends enjoyed this.
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Marybeth jones — Reply
Can these be frozen prior to baking, I would think I would That I would defrost them prior to baking .
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Diane — Reply
Hi Marybeth, sure you could freeze them first. But after thawing, they might be mushy from the all the moisture. If you defrost them prior to baking please let us know how they turned out!
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Marie — Reply
Really great BBQ chicken sliders recipe. The kids ate this up! -
Masha Diri — Reply
Great recipe. Use it all the time. But damn this page has wayyy too many ads. -
Judy — Reply
Served these at a family Christmas supper and they were an instant hit!! I used a precooked rotisserie chicken which was super easy. The bbq sauce was delicious and made an excellent slider. Roll can put golden and toasty – so good!! I served these with two other slider sandwiches and . side of Apple Cranberry Coleslaw andall made for a wonderful Christmas supper.-
Best Recipe Box — Reply
That’s so cool Judy! Happy that you enjoyed them and thanks for sharing!
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Jane — Reply
I’m bringing this recipe to camp with me. It’s amazing!
