BBQ Chicken Sliders with Cheddar and Spinach
These BBQ Chicken Sliders with Cheddar and Spinach are one of my family’s favorite easy meals. The combination of tangy BBQ sauce, gooey cheddar and chicken makes for one tasty little sandwich!
These little sandwiches are so addicting! It starts with the sweet roll. Sweet bread…. we’re off to a very good start, don’t you think? Then add in some tangy BBQ sauce and gooey melted cheddar. I highly recommend making a batch of my homemade BBQ sauce to use in these sliders. The BBQ sauce will last for up to 2 weeks in your refrigerator, so you can make it ahead and use it for a few meals.
I usually use rotisserie chicken or leftover chicken when I make these. If neither of those is available, you can quickly make poached chicken, Instant Pot BBQ Chicken or Instant Pot Shredded Chicken for this recipe. While you wait for the chicken to cook, assemble the rest of the sandwiches. Then all there is to do is to slice the chicken, add the top bun, and warm the sandwiches in your oven for 5 minutes. You can still have these BBQ Chicken Sliders with Cheddar and Spinach on your table in 30 minutes!
These easy cheesy chicken sliders are also a perfect way to use up leftover crockpot shredded chicken or slow cooker BBQ chicken.
To round out the meal I like to serve these sliders with fresh fruit and a green salad on the side. It’s an easy dinner that everyone (the cook included) looks forward to. These BBQ Chicken Sliders with Cheddar and Spinach are perfect party food too! You can easily make a lot of them to feed a crowd with very little effort.
BBQ Chicken Sliders with Cheddar and Spinach
Ingredients
- 12 slider rolls (I used King's Hawaiian sweet rolls)
- ½ cup BBQ sauce
- 1 ½ cups shredded cooked chicken (use cooked leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken, or see note below*)
- 24 baby spinach leaves
- 12 slices cheddar cheese
- 1 tablespoon butter (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Slice each roll open and place bottom halves on the baking sheet; set tops aside.
- Spread some BBQ sauce on bottom half of each roll. Top each with cooked chicken, two spinach leaves, and a slice of cheddar. Place top buns on sandwiches.
- Bake for 5 minutes, until cheese melts and sandwiches are warmed through. Rub tops of sandwiches with butter so that it melts over top buns, if desired. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
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These sliders look perfect for a 30 minute meal, Kristine!Those Hawaiian rolls are my favorite, so it sounds like the perfect bread for the bbq chicken. Delish!
Thanks, Gayle! We love the sweet rolls with the tangy BBQ sauce!
That bread look amazing! What a fun game day treat 🙂
Thank you, Medha! These would be great for game day!
These little sandwiches look like the perfect meal! My family would love those! Pinned!
Thank you, Stacey! I appreciate your kind words!
I am completely obsessed with King’s Hawaiian Rolls. If I don’t restrain myself, I could eat the whole bag! Love these little sliders and all their bbq goodness!
Whenever I’m cooking with King’s Hawaiian Rolls, I always sneak little bits of the bread (you know, those parts that sometimes fall off the sides, right?)! They are just so good!
Oh, my kids would flip over these! We all love King’s Hawaiian rolls too — they’re always a hit! These look like the perfect quick meal that nobody would complain about!
Thank you, Marcie! These sliders are definitely a crowd (and kid) pleaser!
I love the King’s Hawaiian Sweet Rolls! These sliders sound perfect with them and I’m all about quick and easy meals too. Love this, Kristine!
Thank you, Danielle! It’s so hard to stop with those Hawaiian rolls!
i might be able to eat just bread, sauce and cheese, lol! But my eating habits are a little strange sometimes 🙂 These little sliders are so cute! And I love that you added spinach for a little bit of green!
Yeah, bread, sauce and cheese is sounding pretty good right about now! 🙂 Thanks for the kind comment, Izzy!
Well, I could certainly just eat bread, sauce and cheese. But it’s good that we put some chicken in there too! 🙂
Ok, I totally could eat just bread, sauce and cheese too!! Thanks for making me laugh! 🙂
I would definitely just eat bread, sauce, and cheese. 😉 BUT I think I prefer all of the great ingredients you’ve got going on here (such as chicken). Yum!
Soft fluffy rolls are my weakness and I love that you used the King’s Hawaiian sweet rolls for these sliders. They look so delicious and so much fun to eat!
How perfect would these awesome sliders be for the upcoming holiday weekend?? Kristine, these seriously look AMAZING with all that cheesy goodness!
I love bbq anything! These sliders look so good!
These look so delicious, Kristine, and perfect for a busy weeknight! I’ve never had sweet rolls before…not sure if we have them in Canada, but they look so soft and delicious!
I’m loving these sliders, they look soo good. I could eat them all! And there’s spinach so no guilt right ? 🙂
These look so yummy! I looooove King’s Hawaiian bread! The best! And I love that these are little sliders– so cute. 🙂
A real kid pleaser! I happened to have some leftover pork, so I substituted it for the chicken. Such a hit with the whole family with very little prep.