Easy BBQ Chicken Sliders
These baked BBQ Chicken Sliders are so easy to make! Pulled chicken, BBQ sauce, and cheese, are baked between warm, buttery rolls and served hot. The ultimate game day food!
Whether you’re attending a backyard cookout, game day party, or just looking for an easy weeknight dinner, this BBQ chicken sliders recipe is the answer.
Pulled chicken sliders make great appetizers or a meal all on their own. They not only fit in your hand, but they give you a mouthful of flavor with every bite. Their small size is perfect for kids, too!
If BBQ isn’t your thing, try our Chicken cheesesteak sliders, Chicken parmesan sliders, or Buffalo chicken sliders. There are so many things you can do with shredded chicken sliders!
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Ingredients You’ll Need for Barbecue Chicken Sliders
- Slider buns – We recommend using sweet Hawaiian roll sliders, but feel free to use your favorite brand.
- Shredded Chicken –You can make your own Instant Pot shredded chicken or buy it pre-shredded.
- BBQ sauce –Use your favorite brand and flavor!
- Shredded cheese –We recommend cheddar cheese, but feel free to use Colby, Swiss, or your favorite cheese! You can also use slices, you just may need to trim them down to fit the bun.
- Slider butter ingredients – Salted butter, Dijon mustard, Sesame seeds, dried minced onion (you can use red onion, yellow onion, or white onion), Worcestershire sauce
How to Make BBQ Chicken Sliders
Simple step-by-step instructions on how to make barbecue chicken sliders.
- Preheat – Preheat oven to 350°F
- Toss chicken – In a large bowl add shredded chicken and BBQ sauce tossing until the chicken is fully coated.
- Cut rolls – Cut slider rolls in half separating the top half from the bottom half and placing the bottom half of the slider buns in a greased casserole dish or on a baking sheet.
- Layer chicken – Layer the BBQ chicken mixture over the bottom buns.
- Add cheese – Sprinkle the shredded cheddar over the chicken. Place the top buns on the sliders.
- Make slider butter- In a small bowl mix together melted butter, Dijon mustard, sesame seeds, dried minced onions, and Worcestershire sauce.
- Butter bread – Brush butter mixture over the tops of the bread.
- Cover and bake – Cover the dish with foil and bake for 10 minutes, then remove the foil and continue baking for another 5-10 minutes or until cheese is melted and the buns are golden brown. Serve hot.
How to Make BBQ Pulled Chicken
BBQ Pulled Chicken in the Crock Pot – This is my favorite way to make BBQ pulled chicken. Throw everything together in a slow cooker and then set it and forget it until you’re ready for dinner!
Rotisserie Chicken – If you’re running short on time you can use rotisserie chicken to make your BBQ pulled chicken. Just remove the skin, pull the chicken off the bone, and shred using two forks. Add your BBQ sauce and mix it all together and you’re ready to go.
Make-Ahead Shredded Chicken – If you like to prep ahead you can also make your own shredded chicken in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot and store it in the freezer until you’re ready to use. Then defrost, heat up and and BBQ sauce.
This is a good way to make a large batch and keep some leftovers for chicken taquitos or shredded
chicken taco bowl. Having the shredded chicken already on hand will cut down on your prep time and make for easy weeknight dinners!
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What Bread to Use
We always use original Hawaiian rolls for our sliders. We love the slightly sweet, super soft, rolls, but you can use any slider buns you like.
The Sara Lee slider buns are also great. They don’t have a sweetness to them, but they are still very soft and fluffy.
What BBQ Sauce to Use for Chicken Sliders
The best BBQ sauce to use is the one you like best. There are lots of different types of BBQ sauces. There are sweet sauces, smokey sauces, vinegar-based sauces, Memphis BBQ, North Carolina BBQ, Georgia BBQ, and more!
And, of course, you can always make your own homemade BBQ sauce for that personal touch to your dish!’
What Goes Well With BBQ Chicken Sliders?
The great thing about sliders is they are so versatile. They can go with anything!
Try serving them with homemade coleslaw, fall coleslaw, mustard potato salad, baked beans, air fryer French fries or sweet potato fries.
For a healthier side, try apple walnut salad, strawberry spinach salad, or vegan pasta salad.
Baked BBQ Chicken Sliders
Ingredients
- 12 Slider buns
- 1 pound Shredded Chicken
- 3/4 cup BBQ sauce
- 3 ounces Shredded cheddar cheese
- 4 tablespoons Salted butter
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon Sesame seeds
- 2 teaspoons Dried minced onion
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- In a large bowl add shredded chicken and BBQ sauce tossing until the chicken is fully coated.
- Cut slider rolls in half separating the top half from the bottom half and placing the bottom half of the slider buns in a greased casserole dish or on a baking sheet.
- Layer the BBQ chicken over the bottom buns.
- Sprinkle the shredded cheddar over the chicken.
- Place the top buns on the sliders.
- In a small bowl mix together melted butter, dijon mustard, sesame seeds, dried minced onions, and worcestershire sauce.
- Brush butter mixture over the tops of the bread.
- Cover the dish with foil and bake for 10 minutes, then remove the foil and continue baking for another 5-10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
- Serve hot.