Oven Baked Cheeseburger Sliders
Oven baked cheeseburger sliders with a garlic butter sesame seed top have a cheesy beef filling and are simple to make for easy weeknight dinner!
Ingredients
- 1-1/4 lb ground beef
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 6 slices American cheese like Kraft
- 1/2 cup shredded Kraft Creamy Melt Mozzarella Cheese
- 3/4 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 12 Hawaiian dinner rolls or other rolls to cover the bottom of a 9x13 pan
- 2 Tbsp butter melted
- 1/2 tsp Johnny's garlic bread seasoning or can substitute garlic salt
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease the bottom of a 9x13 glass baking dish with butter.
- In a large skillet, over medium high heat, add your ground beef and sprinkle it with the onion powder, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and smoked paprika
- Break up the ground beef as you brown it. When it's done, set aside.
- Do not separate your Hawaiian rolls - carefully cut the entire lot in half horizontally with a serrated knife.
- Put the bottom half of the Hawaiian rolls on the bottom of the greased dish.
- Place the six slices of cheese over the rolls.
- Spoon your ground beef mixture over the sliced cheese.
- Sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese evenly over the top of the ground beef.
- Sprinkle the sharp cheddar cheese evenly over the top of the mozzarella cheese.
- Place the top half of the Hawaiian rolls on the top of the cheeses.
- Mix together the melted butter and Johnny's garlic bread seasoning then brush over the top of each roll.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Bake in the oven uncovered for 14-16 minutes or until everything is melty and golden brown.
Notes
A couple of tips for this recipe:
- You can really use any rolls you like for these - My personal favorite is the 12 pack of Hawaiian dinner rolls, but we have used regular flavor dinner rolls or regular size brioche hamburger buns! (If you use the bigger buns you will only need 6.)
- You want a little fat in these but you don't want them dripping in fat, so I find 85/15 ground beef or even 90/10 works beautifully If you use something like 70/30, you will most likely want to spoon out some of the fat in the pan.
- You can absolutely change up the cheeses, but make sure you have one or two melting cheeses for optimum gooiness! I like sliced American on the bottom, (white or yellow is fine), and then shredded sharp and shredded Kraft Creamy Melt mozzarella on the top. But I have also used Provolone or Gouda slices on the bottom and different shredded on the top. Use what you have!
- Yes, you can use a different brand shredded mozzarella, but nothing melts better than the Kraft Creamy Melt with the little bit of cream cheese in it - it's truly my favorite. (Not a paid advertisement!)
- Don't put any toppings on the sliders until they come out of the oven. You will find that your toppings will end up between cheesy meat stuck to the top and bottom buns - but it's amazingly good. Some of my family just add sauce, (ketchup, mustard, mayo or fry sauce), but I like a small piece of tomato, onion, lettuce and a pickle on mine as well.
- You absolutely can add some other fillings such as caramelized chopped onions or chopped crispy bacon on these to change them up a bit. These two things can be added prior to baking in the oven.
- Johnny's Garlic Spread Seasoning is one of my favorite things in my spice cabinet. I get it at Costco or Sam's because it's the best price there, but if you need it delivered, you can grab it from Amazon.
- You can easily double this recipe for a crowd - I just put them on a baking sheet if I do that and cook them a few minutes longer.