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    Home » Appetizer

    Kentucky Hot Brown Sliders

    Published: Oct 23, 2022 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Kentucky Hot Brown Sliders are appetizer sandwiches made with turkey, bacon, and cheese with a sweet and savory topping. These finger sandwiches are one of the most requested items at Kentucky Derby Parties!
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    Kentucky Hot Brown Sliders are the an appetizer take on the traditional recipe for the open-faced turkey sandwich. They are a great addition to your appetizer line up for your next party!

    Kentucky Hot Brown Sliders on a wood plate.
    Jump to:
    • ❤️ Why you'll love it
    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 🥄 Equipment
    • 🥫Storage
    • 📖 Variations
    • 💭 Tips
    • 📚 Related Recipes
    • 🍽 Serve with...
    • 🏫 The last word
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💬 Reviews

    ❤️ Why you'll love it

    Delicious finger food: these are the perfect appetizer for parties from game day to holidays.

    Great use of leftover turkey: these are great game day sandwiches to make with any leftover Thanksgiving turkey!

    Everyone loves them: the sweet and savory flavors in these oven baked sandwiches are addictingly delicious.

    Ingredients for Kentucky Hot Brown Sliders.
    Slider rolls topped with turkey in a casserole dish.
    This layered sandwich makes great use of leftover turkey.

    🥘 Ingredients

    Turkey: you can use deli turkey or any leftover turkey from a previous meal.

    Hawaiian sweet rolls: these are the perfect side for these delicious sliders and the slight sweetness in the roll compliments all the flavors.

    Cheese: I like to use a mild cheese so I went with havarti, but you can use a white cheddar cheese or gouda if you wish.

    Bacon: If I am going to put bacon in a sandwich, I am going to use thick cut, which is what I did. I highly recommend it because it packs flavor and texture.

    Sweet and Hot Salad Peppers: the traditional Kentucky Hot Brown usually is served with tomato. I skipped the tomato and used these sweet and hot salad peppers from Mt. Olive.

    Mayonnaise: I use Hellmans, it's what I grew up with. Dukes is another good mayo. I do not recommend miracle whip for this recipe (or really any other recipe!)

    Honey dijon mustard: I like the hint of honey in the mayonnaise sauce, you can use regular dijon mustard if you don't want the honey flavor.

    Garlic powder: flavors the butter sauce that is brushed on tops of the rolls.

    Brown sugar: I like to use the light brown sugar.

    Minced onion: use fresh or dried.

    Layers of slider fillings without the top buns.
    Assembled and unbaked kentucky hot brown sliders.
    Tip: separate the buns to make for easier removal of the sandwiches when baked.

    🔪 Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    2. Slice the slider rolls in half using a serrated edge knife. Place the bottom halves of the rolls in a baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
    3. Lay half of the cheese slices over the bottom roll half, then add a layer of cheese, a layer of turkey slices, salad peppers, and crispy cooked bacon. Top with the remaining cheese and set aside.
    4. In a small bowl, mix together the mayonnaise and mustard. Spread the mayo mixture on the cut side of the top portion of the rolls. Place cut side down on top of the final cheese layer of the sandwiches.
    5. Melt butter in a small saucepan (or microwave). Stir in the brown sugar and minced onion pieces. Brush the butter mixture over the tops of the rolls.
    6. Cover rolls with aluminum foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and return sliders back to the oven and bake 5 minutes more, until tops of the rolls are golden brown and cheese is melty.
    Upclose image of baked kentucky hot brown sliders.

    🥄 Equipment

    9x13 baking dish

    Serrated edge knife

    Small bowl

    Pastry brush

    🥫Storage

    Store: leftover slider sandwiches can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container up to 3 days.

    Reheat: sliders can be reheated in the microwave for 1-2 minutes until hot or in the air fryer on reheat setting for 7 minutes.

    📖 Variations

    • Stick with the traditional flavors and use diced roma tomatoes or pimentos in place of the sweet hot peppers.
    • If desired omit the garlic powder and add ½ teaspoon worcestershire sauce to the butter sauce.
    • Use any of your favorite deli meat, you can use roast beef, ham, or chicken in place of the turkey.
    Kentucky Hot Brown Slider on a spatula.
    Change the topping up and use dried minced onion to brush on the butter topping and mix some mustard with the mayonnaise.

    💭 Tips

    • For convenience and to save time, use pre-cooked bacon strips
    • These are best enjoyed warm when the cheese is melty and stringy!

    📚 Related Recipes

    Turkey Cranberry sliders are a great finger sandwich that uses all your thanksgiving leftover.

    I love these sweet and spicy Ham and Cheese Sliders.

    Buffalo Chicken Sliders are a game day favorite.

    Try these Turkey Tostadas for a change of pace!

    🍽 Serve with...

    Serve these with a side of chips, fries, and green side salad.

    Baked Kentucky Hot Sliders in the casserole dish.

    🏫 The last word

    The traditional hot brown is an open-faced sandwich made with turkey, tomato slices, and a traditional mornay sauce. This recipe is a take on those open-face sandwiches and made to be party friendly finger food.


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    Kentucky Hot Brown Sliders

    Shelby Law Ruttan
    Kentucky Hot Brown Sliders are appetizer sandwiches made with turkey, bacon, and cheese with a sweet and savory topping. These finger sandwiches are one of the most requested items at Kentucky Derby Parties!
    4.50 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 30 minutes mins
    Total Time 40 minutes mins
    Course Appetizer
    Cuisine American
    Servings 6
    Calories 530 kcal

    Equipment

    • 9x13 baking dish
    • Serrated edge knife
    • small bowl
    • Pastry brush

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    Ingredients
      

    • 12 ounces Hawaiian sweet rolls , cut in half
    • 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
    • 1 pound turkey breast , sliced
    • 12 slices thick cut bacon , cooked and halved lengthwise
    • 4 ounces diced sweet hot peppers , or diced pimentos
    • 6 ounces gruyere cheese , cut into quarters
    • 2 tablespoons butter , melted
    • 1 tablespoons light brown sugar , loosely packed
    • 1½ tablespoons everything bagel seasoning

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    • Slice the slider rolls in half using a serrated edge knife. Place the bottom halves of the rolls in a baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
    • Lay half of the cheese slices over the bottom roll half, then add a layer of cheese, a layer of turkey slices, salad peppers, and crispy cooked bacon. Top with the remaining cheese and set aside.
    • In a small bowl, mix together the mayonnaise and mustard. Spread the mayo mixture on the cut side of the top portion of the rolls. Place cut side down on top of the final cheese layer of the sandwiches.
    • Melt butter in a small saucepan (or microwave). Stir in the brown sugar and minced onion pieces. Brush the butter mixture over the tops of the rolls.
    • Cover rolls with aluminum foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and return sliders back to the oven and bake 5 minutes more, until tops of the rolls are golden brown and cheese is melty.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 530kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 32gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 104mgSodium: 1788mgPotassium: 299mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 898IUVitamin C: 20mgCalcium: 301mgIron: 1mgNet Carbohydrates: 37g
    Keyword Kentucky Hot Brown Sliders
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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Honeybunch Hunts is a website dedicated to sharing canning and dehydrating recipes, wild game recipes, fish, seafood, plant based recipes, and some DIY scattered in between. Written by Shelby Law Ruttan, is also author and owner of Grumpy’s Honeybunch, and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. Shelby has also authored two cookbooks, The One Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook.

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    1. lil

      November 14, 2022 at 1:02 pm

      can l put the se together the night before bake the next day

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      • Shelby Law Ruttan

        November 14, 2022 at 4:31 pm

        Hi Lil, Yes, think that would be fine to do.

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