These bacon and blue sliders are fresh off the grill and ready to please any crowd. They are everything you crave in a burger - juicy, flavorful, loaded with cheese and bacon, and perfectly sized so you can enjoy more than one! What more could you ask for?
Bacon and blue sliders are perfect for all sorts of occasions. Whether it's a game day, a family get-together, or served as the main course alongside the perfect side dish, these bite-sized sliders fit right in. We often pair sliders with more grilled and smoked foods like Steak and Chicken Skewers and Smoked Pork Butt.
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Ingredients
To make these easy Bacon and Blue Cheese Sliders, here's what you'll need.
- Hawaiian Slider Rolls - These come in a 12-count package, perfect for serving as an appetizer to a small group. We prep for each person to eat 2 sliders if serving alongside other appetizers.
- Ground Beef - I suggest using leaner beef so you don't lose too much patty size. If using high-fat beef, make your rectangle patty a little larger (this will make more sense below).
- Blue Cheese Crumbles - It's the secret ingredient to this tasty slider! You'll use this to make a blue cheese sauce to drizzle over your patties and top with a bun.
- Onion - The Type of onion is up to you. I suggest using a sweet onion, but we've also made it with red onions, and that turns out great, too!
- Bacon - Using bacon on the griddle allows you to utilize the bacon grease to cook onions and beef in. It's the beauty of bacon!
- Butter - Used for toasting the Hawaiian rolls.
- Mayo - An optional condiment for spreading on the buns.
- Heavy Cream - This will be used for making a sauce with the blue cheese crumbles. You can also use milk, but the heavy cream keeps it creamy and delish.
Step-By-Step Instructions
- Heat up the oil on the griddle and sauté the onions.
- Flatten out ground beef (to the width and length of rolls) and season both sides with salt and pepper. Cook the beef to a medium well done.
For this recipe, I used Flap Top Kings Smash That seasoning. He makes great stuff if you're in the market for some quality seasonings!
- In a medium pot on low heat, add in blue cheese crumbles and heavy cream. Cook until the blue cheese is melted to make your fondue.
- Cook strips of bacon until crispy.
- Cut slider rolls in half and butter them for toasting. Toast buns on griddle or pan for 3-4 minutes until golden brown.
- Make burgers by placing mayo on the bottom bun and layer from bottom to top: your beef, sautéed onions, blue cheese fondue, and bacon last.
- Place the top buns on and slice out 12 sliders. Happy grilling!
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Customize Your Sliders
- I know that blue cheese isn't everyone's favorite (but if you haven't tried it, you have to!). If you want to look for a substitute, gorgonzola will work.
- While this recipe is for appetizer-sized sliders, you can easily scale them to full-size burgers. Burgers are great, no matter what size, right?!
- Experiment with additions: grilled mushrooms would be delicious!
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- I LOVE making burgers on a flat top. Here is a tabletop variation to consider investing in
- Even Embers Griddle - It's a 5-burner propane gas griddle with 40 inches of cooking space. Tracker Supply has them on sale pretty often!
Recipe
Bacon and Blue Sliders
Equipment
- Flattop Griddle or frying pans
- Medium Stock Pot
Ingredients
- 1½ lb of Lean Ground Beef
- 12 Sweet Hawaiian Slider Rolls
- 1 ½ White or Yellow Onions
- 6 oz Package of Blue Cheese Crumbles
- 2 oz Heavy Whipping Cream
- 2 tablespoon Mayo
- 12 oz Bacon 14 strips
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 T4sp Pepper
- 2 tablespoon Oil
- Butter for toasting Rolls
Instructions
- Cut slider rolls in half and butter them for toasting. Toast buns on griddle or pan for 3-4 minutes until golden brown.
- Heat up oil and sauté onions.
- Flatten out ground beef (to width and length of rolls) and season both sides with salt and pepper. Cook beef to a medium well done.
- In a medium pot on low heat, add in blue cheese crumbles and heavy cream. Cook until blue cheese is melted to make your fondue.
- Cook strips of bacon until crispy.
- Make burgers by placing mayo on bottom bun and layer from bottom to top, your beef, sautéed onions, blue cheese fondue, and bacon last. Place on top buns and slice out 12 sliders.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, these flavors make a great full-size burger. So delicious!
Yes, the beef, bacon, and onions can be cooked up to 1 day ahead of time and refrigerated in separate airtight containers. I would reheat them covered in the oven.
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Kyle Kay says
These bacon and blue cheese sliders were a huge hit. Super easy to make, loaded with flavor, and the perfect size for snacking. Everyone at our game day get-together loved them. Definitely adding these to the rotation!
CookitwithTim says
Thanks Kyle! Our family loves these for game days and poolside gatherings! Always a hit.