Cheese Stuffed Sliders

Last updated on May 29, 2021 by Liza Hawkins

Cheese stuffed sliders are an easy alternative to a traditional cheeseburger and as an added bonus, kids love them!

I’m lucky to be surrounded by fairly adventurous food eaters, but over the years I’ve been met with some odd food aversions that boggle my mind a bit.

CHEESE ON A BURGER? NO WAY!

(Seriously.) One of my kids used to hate that. And, for a children who ate string cheese like it was going out of style as little kids, a “plain burger” really took me by surprise.

No cheese, no bun.

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Over the years that has changed and now we’re all good with both cheese and a bun. Those early years were oddities, for sure.

I never forced cheese on anyone, but the rest of us are kinda cheeseburger fanatics, and this no melty, gooey, cheesiness on a burger thing was, well, odd.

That said, we did find that cheese inside the burger was tolerable! Who wouldn’t like that?

Cheese Stuffed Sliders

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I mix ground beef, chopped spinach and parsley, dry onion soup mix, salt, pepper and one egg together (with my hands!) in a large mixing bowl.

See? There’s the egg. Perspective is everything.

Then I pressed out slider-sized patties, about the look of a golf ball before flattening.

My pound of ground beef made six sliders with a little left over to top the patties.

Half a piece of American cheese goes on each patty.

The rest of the ground beef mixture was pressed onto each of the six patties, sealing in the cheese.

Then they were seared in a hot grill pan for a few minutes, flipped, and then seared on the other for a few more minutes.

And as if THAT wasn’t enough cheese, all but one of the sliders were topped with another slice of white American.

The middle one there? That’s my one child’s, sans cheese (except for the gooey center).

I mean, does it get any better than this?

Mmm…

If you have the time (and interest), check out how to make your own homemade hamburger buns!

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Yield: 4

Cheese Stuffed Sliders

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Try the cheese on the inside for a treat!

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Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 egg
• 1 packet dry onion soup mix
• 1/4 cup fresh spinach, chopped
• 1/8 cup fresh Italian parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 slices white American cheese (plus more if you want cheese on top)
• 6 slider-sized rolls

Instructions

1. Use your hands to combine the beef, egg, onion soup mix, spinach, parsley, salt and pepper together in a large bowl.
2. Make six small patties about 3" in diameter with about 3/4 of the beef mixture.
3. Place 1/2 slice of American cheese in the center of each patty. It works best to make the shape squarish so it fits neatly in the middle.
4. Use the remaining beef mixture to top the slider patties, and then gently press each to seal the cheese into the middle.
5. Place a grill pan over medium-high heat, and let it warm for a couple minutes.
6. Once it's hot, sear the cheese stuffed sliders on one side for 4 minutes. Flip the sliders, and then continue cooking them for another 4 minutes. (If you want to top them with cheese, you'll want to add it just after the flip.)
7. Serve the cheese stuffed sliders on buns with everyone's favorite condiments (e.g., ketchup, mayonnaise, lettuce, onions, fresh spinach, tomatoes, etc.).

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 862Total Fat: 47gSaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 2gUnsaturated Fat: 24gCholesterol: 263mgSodium: 2158mgCarbohydrates: 41gFiber: 3gSugar: 6gProtein: 65g