Are you team football or just team football food? I’m definitely the latter. I mean, I’ll happily make the food. Just call me Monica; I’ve got the wings, sandwiches, all the other football-associated appetizer, and dips you can think of! One of the reasons I love making buffalo chicken sliders is that they are no fuss – and they taste so good! You slice the buns in half, load them up with rotisserie chicken tossed in a bit of melted butter, buffalo sauce, and then you load up the bottom half of the Hawaiian sweet rolls with shredded cheddar to create a barrier so the buns don’t get soft. Pop on the buffalo chicken mixture and bake these rolls brushed with homemade ranch garlic butter. While all that’s happening, we make a quick coleslaw spiked with ranch seasoning and tons of crumbled blue cheese. Serious question. What is buffalo chicken anything without a spot of ranch and a crumble of bleu cheese? And also, aren’t these just perfect for game day?
Ingredients for buffalo chicken sliders:
Rolls: You can use brioche, Hawaiian rolls or any other dinner rolls for this recipe. My local grocery store sells jalapeño slider buns that would be delicious here as well. Basically, use any slider buns you’d like!Hot sauce: I like to use this hot sauce for these rolls. It’s spicy but not over the top. Plus, we’re only using ⅓ cup so these rolls are not over the top hot! If you’d like to make them spicier, the same brand sells an extra hot version of the buffalo wing sauce that would work well. Or you could just add a sprinkle of cayenne pepper instead!Shredded Chicken: I usually make a batch of chicken in my instant pot and use that but in a pinch (or if you’re cooking for a crowd) you can easily use rotisserie chicken from the grocery store!Cheese: I like to use sharp cheddar for this recipe and I usually buy the kind that is thick cut! It melts beautifully for these sliders. You could also use pepper jack or Colby Jack if you aren’t a fan of cheddar cheese!Butter: We’ll use the butter in two ways. The first is to toss the shredded chicken in. And also to make a garlic butter that we’ll brush on the buns before baking.Seasonings: I use a bit of sugar, horseraasih, celery salt, and ranch seasoning. The ranch seasoning is sold in packets in the same aisle as ranch dressing. We’ll add a bit to the garlic butter and then use the rest in the ranch blue cheese slaw we’re making.Mayonnaise: Is the base of the blue cheese slaw.Buttermilk: A tablespoon adds just the right amount of tang and thins out the mayo!Apple Cider Vinegar: Adds the signature zing to the slaw. Veggies: I like to use shredded carrots and finely chopped celery in my slaw. You’ll also need about a ½ a bag of shredded coleslaw mix.Blue Cheese: Crumbled blue cheese honestly adds the best flavor to the slaw!
How to make a buffalo chicken slider recipe:
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Chicken: You can swap the cooked shredded chicken for a rotisserie chicken to make these even quicker to put together.
