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Boasting a delicious mixture of deli turkey, bacon, onion, cheese, and more, these easy turkey sliders certainly won’t leave you or anyone else at the dinner table feeling hungry. They make a fun change from regular beef patty sliders and offer sweet and savory flavors in every mouthful. You can either make the maple bacon turkey sliders recipe as it is or tweak the ingredients to personalize them.
Turkey and cheese sliders are ideal for any occasion from a picnic to a potluck supper, or even dinner served with everyone’s favorite sides. They’re also great party food.
Hot Italian sliders and smoked blackened salmon sliders would be good on your party menu. And sweet cornbread bacon cake is amazing.
Why You’ll Love It
Flavorful: The combination of meaty, savory ingredients like the turkey and bacon and sweet ones like the Hawaiian rolls and maple syrup make these unusual sliders a real treat, especially with the mouthwatering and decadent butter sauce on top.
Simple: There is nothing complicated about making turkey sliders, so if you’re looking for a quick and easy recipe, this one is a great option.
Customizable: There are plenty of tweaks you can make to the recipe, such as swapping out the buns, the meats, the cheese, and the seasonings, adding sweet cranberry sauce, and more.
Turkey Sliders on Hawaiian Rolls Ingredients
A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
Hawaiian rolls: Soft, pillowy and slightly sweet.
Turkey: Thinly sliced deli turkey works or you could use shredded leftover turkey.
Cheese: I used white cheddar.
Maple syrup: For a touch of sweetness.
Poppy seeds: For crunch.
Bacon: Everything’s better with bacon!
How to Make Baked Turkey Sliders
For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.
Cook the onions: Sauté the sliced yellow onions in the melted butter until caramelized.
Assemble the rolls: Arrange the Hawaiian roll bottoms in a greased baking dish, then top with the bacon, turkey and then the cheese, and finally the bun tops.
Make the topping: Combine melted butter, maple syrup, dried minced onion, and poppy seeds, then brush this mixture on top of the turkey sliders.
Cook the sliders: Cover the baking dish with foil and bake the turkey sliders until the cheese has melted, then uncover and broil until golden brown on top. Garnish with parsley and serve warm from the oven.
Substitutions and Variations
Rolls or buns: Although sweet Hawaiian rolls are perfect for these turkey bacon sliders, any kind of slider bun is good!
Cheese: You can swap the white cheddar for Swiss cheese, Havarti cheese or Provolone.
Maple syrup: Swap for honey, brown sugar or agave syrup.
Deli turkey: Leftover rotisserie chicken would work in place of the deli turkey, or you can substitute shredded leftover turkey.
Optional add-ins: You can also experiment with other ingredients in the butter sauce you brush on top, such as Worcestershire sauce, cranberry sauce or Dijon mustard.
Serving Suggestions
Side Dishes: You might like to pair them with a green goddess salad or crispy stacked potatoes.
Main Dishes: If you’re having a buffet, consider some entree dishes too, such as black pepper chicken or copycat PF Chang’s fried rice.
Slider Bar: For a party, add to a slider bar with Italian sliders, pizza sliders, or your other favorite slider recipes.
For dessert: Consider vanilla fudge or some easy no-bake granola bars.
How to Store Turkey and Cheese Sliders
Store: Leftover turkey sliders will keep for up to 3 days in an airtight container in the fridge.
Freeze: These will become mushy if you freeze them, so it’s best not to.
Top Tips
Make them your way: Feel free to change up the rolls, the cheese, the seasonings, or even the turkey!
Check for doneness: These are done when the cheese is melted and the sliders are cooked through. Mine took 17 minutes, so check after 15 in case yours are done.
Broil the tops: I like to broil them to get the tops crisp and golden brown. Broiling is optional but good!
Hawaiian Roll Turkey Sliders FAQs
The oven or air fryer is perfect for cooking these, as you want the dry heat on them. If using the air fryer, they will take a few minutes less than in the oven, so check them often and leave them wrapped in foil until they’re just about done, then unwrap and give them another minute or so.
No, you can use any kind of bun or roll you like. Slider recipes are typically made with mini sized buns but if you want to make full size sandwiches rather than mini ones, that also works. Any kind of slider rolls or buns will work for this easy turkey sliders recipe if you don’t want to use King’s Hawaiian rolls.
How many turkey and bacon sliders per person, you might be wondering, although that very much depends on the person! Most people could eat a couple of these.
Maple Bacon Turkey Sliders Recipe
Maple Bacon Turkey Sliders
Equipment
- Baking Dish 9 x 13-Inch
Ingredients
- 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 yellow onion, medium, thinly sliced
- 1 Package Hawaiian rolls, 16 Ounces
- 10 Slices bacon, cooked
- 1 Pound turkey, deli, thinly sliced or shredded leftover turkey
- 6 Slices white cheddar cheese
- 3 Teaspoons maple syrup
- 2 Teaspoons dried onion, minced
- 1 Teaspoon poppy seeds
- 2 Teaspoons parsley, fresh, minced
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- In a large skillet over medium high heat, add 2 tablespoons of the melted butter and the sliced onions. Sauté until caramelized.
- Slice your sheet of Hawaiian rolls in half lengthwise and place the bottom half into your baking dish.
- Add the bacon in an even layer on top of the bottom rolls.
- Next, add a layer of the turkey (shredded leftover turkey or deli-sliced turkey), followed by the cheese.
- Place the top bun layer back onto the sliders.
- Mix together the melted butter, maple syrup, dried onion and poppy seeds. Generously brush across the tops of the slider buns.
- Cover the baking dish with foil and bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the sliders are cooked through and the cheese is melted.
- Optional: Put the cooked sliders under the broiler for 2 to 3 minutes to brown the top of the rolls.
- Garnish the tops of the warm sliders with the fresh minced parsley and serve immediately.
Notes
Check for doneness: These are done when the cheese is melted and the sliders are cooked through. Mine took 17 minutes, so check after 15 in case yours are done.
Broil the tops: I like to broil them to get the tops crisp and golden brown. Broiling is optional but good!
Nutrition
These turkey sliders boast a delicious of savory and sweet flavors in every mouthful. The turkey and bacon offer a meaty taste which the melted cheese makes them even more special and the sweet, spicy topping elevates them to gourmet status. When it comes to slider recipes, these are one of the most delicious!
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Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.
Making this recipe is a breeze, and the taste is incredible—it’s my new favorite!
This one exceeded my expectations! So flavorful!
Tried this last night and it was perfect! My husband loved it too! So tasty!
Surprised by how good this one turned out. Absolutely delicious!
I’m absolutely blown away by how delicious this dish turned out. I’m already planning when I can cook it again!