Thanksgiving is over and you’ve got a fridge full of leftovers. What to make? You may still have a house full of people and want something easy to make and easy to serve. These Thanksgiving Turkey Sliders are the perfect after-Thanksgiving meal and can easily be doubled or tripled for a larger crowd.
Everyone loves sliders. Fun and easy to eat. A little hungry, grab one, really hungry, grab two or three.
You could easily make these with a ham instead. Have left over stuffing? add a layer of stuffing to the sliders.
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EQUIPMENT
INGREDIENTS
- Hawaiian sweet rolls
- roasted turkey, sliced
- whole berry cranberry sauce
- swish cheese
- butter
- dried thyme
- dried sage
- kosher salt
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- Slice the buns crosswise, leaving the individual buns attached. Layer on turkey, cranberry sauce, and cheese. Top with top layer of buns
- Mix seasonings with butter and brush on top of buns
- Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Every 10 minutes baste with butter. For the final 5 to 10 minutes remove the foil.
Enjoy the Thanksgiving Turkey Sliders
Gluten-free and Dairy-free slider variations
Want to make it Gluten-Free? Use gluten-free buns
Want to make it dairy-free? Use dairy-free butter and dairy-free cheese. For butter, we love the Earth Balance Vegan Buttery Sticks. For sliced cheese, we love Violife slice cheese (dairy-free Provolone since I haven’t found a decent dairy-free Swiss cheese). Make sure the turkey has been cooked without butter so that it’s also dairy-free.
Thanksgiving Turkey Sliders
Ingredients
- 12 pack rolls
- sliced roasted turkey
- 3/4 cup cranberry sauce, whole berry or homemade
- 4 ounces swiss cheese, thinly slices
- 1/4 salted butter, melted
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 1/2 tsp dried sage
- 1/2 tsp dried tarragon
- baking spray or butter to grease pan
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a 9' square baking pan
- Lay the bottom half of the rolls in the pan. Layer on slices of turkey, then top with a layer of cranberry sauce and a layer of Swiss cheese. Replace the top layer of buns.
- In a small bowl combine melted butter with salt, thyme, and sage. Use a pastry brush to brush the top butter mixture over the top of the buns
- Brush the tops of the rolls with the seasoned butter.
- Cover with foil and bake in the 350-degree F oven for 30 minutes. While cooking, baste the tops of the buns with the melted butter mixture 1-2 times. Remove the foil for the last 5-10 minutes
Remove from the oven and enjoy.
