Grilled Chicken Sliders

Last Updated on February 27, 2023 by What’s Smoking

These grilled chicken sliders are a prefect addition for your Big Game menu or for that mid summer BBQ dinner. This is really easy chicken sliders recipe, with your prep time being 15 minutes and your grill time another 15 minutes. Not only are they great for that NFL game but these are kid friendly and will also be wife or husband approved. You will have some great tasting sliders before you know it for everyone to enjoy.

Grilled Chicken Sliders Prep

We are going to start with two boneless skinless chicken breasts, which is approximately 1lb of chicken. For this recipe was are going to slice the breasts in half and then we will then season both side with some salt and pepper to taste.

Once that is done, take the chicken pieces and place them in a Ziploc bag. You will then add your buffalo sauce of choice. For this recipe I am going to be using Frank’s Red Hot Wing Sauce. Let the breasts sit in the bag for no less than an hour, 2-3 hours is best so the sauce really has some time to soak into the chicken breast.

This recipe calls for grilled buffalo chicken sliders but if you want to substitute that out for another type of barbecue sauce you can always do that as well.

As the chicken is wrapping up its time in the bag with the buffalo sauce you can crank up the grill to a medium heat.

How To BBQ Chicken Sliders

As we move on with this this grilled chicken sliders recipe the first thing I did was cut the chicken into smaller sections for the slider. You can do this before marinating in the sauce, I chose to do it after. Next we will place them on the grill over medium heat. We are going to grill on each side for about 5-6 minutes or until the chicken reaches an IT of 165°. As you are grilling add some additional buffalo sauce to the chicken, ensure to add it to each side when you flip the chicken.

Assuming you have a grill large enough, while you are grilling the chicken, you can take your rolls, cut them in half and toast them for a few minutes. For this particular recipe I decided to go with Hawaiian rolls. Once the chicken has hit an IT of 165°, go ahead and move the chicken breast to your upper rack and we are going to add some pepper jack cheese to them for some additional flavor.

Once you see the cheese melting go ahead and pull the chicken from the grill.

Making The Grilled Chicken Sliders

By now we have the chicken grilled, the slider rolls toasted and some cheese melted. It is a matter of pulling it all together. Place your chicken on the roll and you are going to add your choice of ranch or blue cheese. So I am going to admit I am a fan of ranch over the blue cheese, therefore I will be adding ranch. If blue cheese if your thing, go ahead and add that to the slider.

As per the usual agreement when it comes to anything buffalo chicken, you will need some sides of celery and carrots. Beyond that, get creative in how you want to dress these grilled chicken sliders up.

Here are some other ideas you may want to consider:

• Add some French fried onions as a topping
• Bacon, when is it ever a bad idea to add bacon to something
• Lettuce, tomato and onions, or any combination of those three
• Cheeses, try a swiss or a mozzarella or a cheddar or American
• Looking for some additional heat add some Flat Iron pepper flakes or some hot sauce

I hope you enjoyed this recipe for grilled chicken sliders. If you are looking for other chicken recipes or another idea for the Big Game party or BBQ check out some of these other recipes:

• wings recipe
• stuffed mushroom recipe
• cream cheese stuffed poblano peppers

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