Cheesy BBQ Chicken Slider Bake

By Sprig Originals ✓ · cooked up in Sprig

Pull-apart sweet rolls stuffed with saucy shredded chicken and melty cheddar, brushed with honey butter and baked until golden. It uses a store-bought rotisserie chicken, comes together in one dish, and tastes like the world's easiest barbecue sandwich — mild, cheesy, and totally kid-approved.

Ingredients

• 12 sweet Hawaiian-style dinner rolls (one connected slab)
• 3 cups cooked rotisserie chicken, shredded
• 3/4 cup mild barbecue sauce
• 2 cups shredded mild cheddar cheese

• 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp salt

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish. Keeping the slab of rolls intact, slice all the way through horizontally with a long serrated knife so you have one big bottom half and one big top half. Set the bottom half cut-side up in the dish.
2. In a bowl, stir the shredded chicken with the barbecue sauce until every piece is coated. It should be saucy but not soupy — add a splash of water only if the chicken seems dry.
3. Scatter 1 cup of the cheddar over the bottom half of the rolls, spread the barbecue chicken evenly on top, then finish with the remaining 1 cup cheddar. Set the top half of the rolls back on, cut-side down, and press down gently.
4. Stir the melted butter, honey, garlic powder, and salt together, then brush it all over the tops and into the seams of the rolls.
5. Cover the dish loosely with foil and bake for 15 minutes, then remove the foil and bake 8 to 10 minutes more, until the tops are glossy and deep golden and the cheese is bubbling at the edges.
6. Let the bake rest 5 minutes so the cheese sets, then cut along the seams into 12 sliders and serve warm.

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