As we enter into the second half of January, we’re getting closer to Super Bowl Sunday. The excitement for the game is already building. I’m excited because I love to make game-day food.
These sliders, however, have become a recurring favorite with family and friends. It’s crazy that I’m just now sharing the recipe!
Growing up, Super Bowl Sunday meant our dinner was either a buffalo chicken pizza and/or wings and fries from BW3s. Anyone who lives or grew up in the northeast Ohio area is familiar.
We always loved a family game night. It meant that dinner was usually eaten by the fireplace in our family room. Everyone gathered around and watched the game on TV. It was always so fun!
And now I love to recreate those recipes at home instead of doing take-out.
My go-to buffalo chicken pizza is in the new Quick and Cozy cookbook, along with my favorite buffalo chicken tenders. But I figured the website deserved another buffalo recipe too!
And these sliders are perfect. Just layer them up, bake, pull-part, and enjoy. They’re delicious!
Details
Ingredients
- cooked, shredded chicken
- buffalo sauce
- cream cheese
- cilantro
- scallions
- soft dinner rolls, I use the King’s Hawaiian Rolls
- ranch dressing – I like to make my own with Greek yogurt
- melty cheddar cheese
- melty pepper jack cheese
- salted butter
- hot sauce
- Worcestershire sauce
- garlic
- poppyseeds
Special Tools
Just a bowl to mix, a sheet pan, and some parchment paper! Nothing new here!
Steps
Step 1: mix the buffalo chicken
For the chicken, I use cooked chicken breasts or a shredded rotisserie chicken from the store (just like my Nonnie would).
Mix the shredded chicken with cream cheese, buffalo sauce, cilantro, scallions/green onions. I like to add some peppers too.
Step 2: slice the rolls
Take the dinner rolls and slice them in half. I wish the rolls came pre-sliced, but I have yet to find any already sliced on the market!
Step 3: layer the ingredients
Top the rolls with half of the cheese. Then drizzle or spoon over the ranch dressing. I like to do the layer of cheese first to prevent the rolls from getting soggy.
Add the buffalo chicken, then top with extra cilantro and scallions, then pickled jalapeños and the remaining cheese.
Put the top half of the rolls over the cheese.
Step 4: make the butter sauce
Mix the melted and softened butter with hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and chopped garlic.
Pour/spread the butter sauce over the rolls. Top with poppy seeds.
Step 5: bake and serve
And now you can bake the rolls and get that cheese melty! The rolls will smell so delicious as they bake away!
And these do come out cheesy!
Slice the rolls and serve them while hot. I added some honey jalapeños on top too!
This one is meant to be eaten hot and you really just need buffalo sauce and ranch for serving. Maybe some blue cheese dressing for dipping, that would be yummy!