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Side view, close up on one buffalo chicken slider, overflowing with melty cheese and shredded buffalo chicken.

Buffalo Chicken Sliders

These delicious buffalo chicken sliders are made on sweet dinner rolls, stuffed with spicy buffalo shredded chicken and melty mozzarella, then topped with an herb and garlic butter.
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes
Total: 35 minutes
Yield:12 sliders

Equipment

  • 9x13 baking dish
  • cooking spray or butter or parchment paper
  • Large bowl
  • large mixing spoon
  • Small bowl
  • whisk
  • Pastry brush optional
  • Aluminum Foil

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
  • ½ cup buffalo sauce
  • ½ cup ranch dressing
  • 12 sweet dinner rolls not separated, halved to create buns
  • 1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 3 tablespoons butter melted
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder or garlic salt

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit. Lightly grease baking dish with cooking spray or butter, or line baking dish with parchment paper. Place bottom halves of dinner rolls in baking dish then set dish aside.
  • Add shredded chicken, buffalo sauce, and ranch dressing to large bowl. Stir until ingredients are fully incorporated, with chicken thoroughly coated in buffalo sauce and ranch.
    Overhead view of a large silver mixing bowl filled with shredded buffalo ranch chicken, with a white mixing spoon in the upper right corner.
  • Spoon chicken mixture on top of halved rolls in baking dish, spreading chicken mixture out to evenly cover rolls.
    Overhead view of buffalo chicken spread out on top of a slab of halved sweet dinner rolls in a baking dish lined with parchment paper.
  • Cover chicken mixture with shredded mozzarella, making sure cheese is added in one even layer.
    Overhead view of buffalo chicken topped with mozzarella, spread out on top of a slab of halved sweet dinner rolls in a baking dish lined with parchment paper.
  • Cover cheese layer with top of halves of dinner rolls.
  • In small bowl, whisk together melted butter, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder until ingredients are thoroughly combined. Use pastry brush to brush butter sauce over tops of rolls, or carefully drizzle butter sauce over tops of rolls as evenly as possible.
  • Cover baking dish with aluminum foil, then place baking dish in preheated oven. Bake sliders 10 to 15 minutes, then remove baking dish from oven. Remove and discard aluminum foil and return baking dish to oven for another 5 minutes or until rolls have lightly browned. Check sliders often and be careful not to burn rolls.
    Overhead view of browned, baked buffalo chicken sliders in a baking dish lined with parchment paper.
  • Once sliders are lightly browned and warmed through, remove baking dish from oven and transfer sliders to serving tray or plates. Separate sliders to serve if desired, or serve as one large pull-apart dish. Serve sliders warm with extra buffalo sauce, ranch dressing, hot sauce, and blue cheese crumbles if desired.

Notes

  • This is a great way to use up any leftover chicken, or you can use store-bought rotisserie chicken. If you're cooking and shredding chicken specifically for these sliders, check out my recipe for the BEST shredded chicken. It also includes 5 different methods for shredding chicken that just make things easier.
  • Feel free to increase the amount of shredded chicken you use in your filling, to up the protein in these sliders and make them that much more satisfying.
  • For the buffalo sauce, store-bought works, or you can make your own using this recipe.

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1serving | Calories: 240cal | Protein: 12g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 605mg | Potassium: 75mg | Total Carbs: 17g | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 6g | Net Carbs: 17g | Vitamin A: 198IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 0.4mg
Recipe By:Sam Guarnieri