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My Bacon Cheeseburger Sliders come together in 40 minutes or less and make enough to feed a crowd! Serve them for a fun busy school night dinner or as a crave-worthy party food. You're going to love these Hawaiian roll burger sliders! Read on for full instructions including step-by-step photos, or jump right to the recipe card.
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I have been making these Hawaiian roll burger sliders for years now for parties and fun family dinners! They're irresistibly easy and delicious, requiring only a handful of simple ingredients that make the flavors pop. Let me show you how to make cheeseburger sliders following my simple recipe, and I guarantee you're going to want to make them as often as I do!
Cheeseburger Slider Ingredients Notes
You don't need many ingredients to make these bacon burger sliders. They use all the ingredients you would expect to find in your favorite cheeseburger with bacon, and are totally customizable, so you can get creative with what you include.
- Using Hawaiian rolls means you can bake them right in the box they come packaged in. Yes, it's true! I'll explain how to do that in the instructions. It really helps simplify both the cooking and cleanup process by eliminating extra dishes!
- Use 80/20 lean ground beef. The fat content in 80/20 is perfect for making juicy cheeseburger sliders.
- For the cooked bacon, you can spice it up by using my amazing Candied Bacon Recipe or keep it simple using my recipe for air fried bacon. Alternatively, you can leave the bacon off. It's up to you!
- I typically use American cheese or cheddar cheese, but you can use your favorite cheese for these burgers. You could even get creative and make mushroom swiss burger sliders.
- Use condiments like ketchup and mustard or ketchup and mayonnaise. Alternatively, my burger sauce is incredible on cheeseburger sliders.
- Sesame seeds are optional, but I love the texture they add to these mini burgers. Give them a try at least once!
This recipe is one of my favorites to pack for school lunches. See more of my School Lunch Ideas; they're perfect for picky eaters!
Step-by-Step Cheeseburger Sliders Instructions
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350°F. While it preheats, heat a large skillet over medium-high on the stove. Add ground beef to the pan and season with salt and onion powder. Let it brown as you break it up into bits, cooking until browned completely and cooked through.
Step 2: Drain grease from the beef. This is important - you don't want your cheeseburger sliders to be greasy! After draining, set aside the meat and open your package of Hawaiian rolls. Do not throw away or tear the cardboard packaging. You'll be using it to bake the sliders, so you want to keep it intact.
Step 3: Cut the Hawaiian rolls in half. Do this carefully using a serrated knife. Work slowly so you don't cut yourself. Set the tops aside, then place the bottoms of the rolls back inside the container.
Step 4: Place a slice of cheese on each bottom roll. This should use up half your slices of cheese - not all of them. Spread the cooked beef mixture over top of the cheese. Using your remaining slices of cheese, create a second layer over the top of the beef. Break up the cooked bacon into 12 pieces and add a piece to each roll. If you want to add pickles, add them now.
Step 5: Dress with condiments like ketchup and mustard. If you're getting creative with it and making an alternative burger like BBQ burger sliders instead, this is where you will add those condiments.
Step 6: Add the tops of the rolls. Keeping the sliders inside of the Hawaiian rolls cardboard package, cover with aluminum foil and bake for 15 minutes.
Once 15 minutes is up, remove the foil and brush the rolls with melted butter mixed with garlic powder. Sprinkle with sesame seeds (optional).
Step 6: Finally, Bake for another 5 minutes or until cheese is completely melted. Now, resist eating them immediately so they can rest and cool slightly. That's the hardest part!
How to Bake Bacon in the Oven for Burger Sliders
Bacon in the oven is great. There is no mess, it comes out super crispy and if you use a cookie cooling rack, it has so much less grease. If you don't have any cooked bacon on hand and don't own an air fryer, you can make bacon for burger sliders following these instructions:
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Place a cookie cooling rack inside a large baking sheet lined with aluminum foil.
- Arrange bacon slices across the cookie rack in one layer. Season with pepper.
- How long to cook bacon in the oven: Bake bacon until the bacon is brown and crispy, approximately 15 minutes for bacon with a little pull to it, or 20 minutes for very crispy bacon (my preference).
Delicious & easy to make!
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What to Serve with Bacon Cheeseburger Sliders
These beef sliders are just like mini cheeseburgers with bacon, so I recommend serving them with sides you would serve with any burger recipe!
Try my Baked Crispy Potato Wedges or Air Fryer Frozen French Fries with Fry Sauce for dipping. You could also serve them with salad, like Fresh Vegetable Salad or Tomato Cucumber Feta Salad.
Bacon Cheeseburger Sliders
Ingredients
- 12 Hawaiian Rolls
- 1 pound ground beef - 80/20
- 12 slices American Cheese
- 6 slices Bacon - cooked
- 12 slices Pickles
- ketchup and mustard - or condiments of your choice; ketchup and mayonnaise spread in rolls also works well
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 2 teaspoons Olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon Onion powder
- 2 teaspoons Sesame seeds
- 1 Tablespoon Butter - melted
- 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add ground beef and season with salt and onion powder. Cook until browned and cooked through, then drain the grease and set the meat aside.1 pound ground beef,¼ teaspoon Salt,1 Tablespoon Onion powder,2 teaspoons Olive oil
- Split the Hawaiian rolls in half. Set the tops aside. Place the bottoms of the rolls back into the cardboard packaging.12 Hawaiian Rolls
- Place 6 slices of cheese on the bottom rolls, one on each bottom roll.12 slices American Cheese
- Spread the beef mixture over the cheese slices.
- Cover the beef mixture with the remaining cheese slices.12 slices American Cheese
- Break up cooked bacon into 12 pieces and distribute it evenly.6 slices Bacon
- Add a pickle slice to each roll if desired.12 slices Pickles
- Drizzle with ketchup and mustard or condiments of choice.ketchup and mustard
- Add the tops of the rolls. Wrap the package of sliders in aluminum foil and bake for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, remove foil to brush the rolls with melted butter mixed with garlic powder and sprinkle with sesame seeds (optional).2 teaspoons Sesame seeds,1 Tablespoon Butter,1 teaspoon Garlic powder
- Bake for another 5 minutes or until the cheese is completely melted. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- You can use the condiments of your choice for these sliders, and try playing around with the recipe! Just like a classic cheeseburger, you can mix these sliders up any way you want. For a fun twist, you could even try adding my BBQ sauce!
- Use the container the rolls come in for baking - this makes for easy cleanup.
- Bake your bacon in the oven. Follow instructions above and you will have very little cleanup.
- If you want a leaner burger, you can use 90/10 ground beef
Brad says
What is the olive oil for?
Isabel Laessig says
So sorry for the confusion, Brad. The olive oil is for the pan before adding the ground beef. We've adjusted the recipe card!
Julia says
Why only 6 pieces of cheese on the bottoms if there is 12 bottom rolls? Shouldn't there be 12 pieces of cheese on the bottom and another 12 on top of the beef? The directions make it sound like you are only putting cheese on half of the amount of bottom rolls.
Isabel Laessig says
Julia, it looks like we might have adjusted a measurement in the recipe at some point and missed this discrepancy. Thank you for pointing it out!