Hawaiian Roll Sliders
These Hawaiian roll sliders with turkey and pesto are the perfect crowd-pleaser. Sweet Hawaiian rolls are packed with buttery, garlicky flavor and loaded with melted mozzarella cheese for a sheet-pan meal ready in less than 30 minutes.
Servings: 6
Calories: 694kcal
Ingredients
quick pesto-mayo
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise of choice
- 1/2 cup store-bought pesto
garlic-parsley butter
- 1/4 cup salted butter
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic about 2 cloves
- 1 tablespoon minced parsley
assembly
- 12 Hawaiian Rolls
- 12 ounces smoked turkey breast
- 12 ounces shredded whole milk, low moisture mozzarella
garnish
- 2 tablespoons pre-grated Parmesan
- 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
Instructions
pesto mayo
- In a small bowl combine mayonnaise and pesto. Whisk together. Set aside.
garlic-parsley butter
- Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.Remove from heat and stir in parsley.
assembly
- Preheat oven to 375˚F. Slice the rolls in half, crosswise, leaving them intact to one another.
- Spread a generous layer of pesto mayo over the top and bottom of the split bread rolls.
- Place the bottom half of the rolls onto a baking sheet. Top each bottom bread roll with 1 ounce of turkey.
- Then evenly sprinkle shredded cheese over the entire surface.
- Place open faced rolls into the oven and bake for 8 minutes.
- Remove sheet pan from oven and gently press top half of bread rolls over the shredded cheese, mayo-side down.
- Brush garlic butter over the rolls and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until cheese fully melts and tops have toasted.
- Remove rolls from oven, brush with more garlic butter, and sprinkle with grated Parmesan and red pepper flakes. Serve immediately.
Notes
** 2 sliders = 1 serving **
Tips for the BEST Hawaiian Roll Sliders
- Instead of laying whole slices of turkey out on the bottom rolls, gently tear the turkey into smaller pieces before layering them on. This helps each slider "pull apart" without losing whole slices of turkey or taking turkey from another slider.
- Bake the sliders open-faced first to help the cheese melt evenly, then finish assembly and finish baking. If you skip this step, the sliders in the middle may have unmelted cheese.
- Don't skip the second butter brush just before serving. While the first brushing bakes flavor into the rolls, the second adds a beautiful shine and extra burst of flavor that seeps into each bite.
- Leave the sliders together until serving for the best presentation. Nothing beats pulling a slider apart and seeing a melted cheese pull. Our mouths are watering just thinking about it.
Nutrition
Calories: 694kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 49g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 123mg | Sodium: 1446mg | Potassium: 285mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 1317IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 352mg | Iron: 1mg