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Cuban sliders are loaded with ham, swiss cheese, and dill pickles, topped with a dijon mustard onion spread! Super easy to make and definitely a crowd pleaser!! An easy to make sliders recipe!
These sliders are always a huge hit! They are easy to make. They’re perfect for potlucks, get togethers, game day spreads, or a weeknight family dinner. They reheat like a dream, which makes them perfect to give to a family in need. Plus they make a lovely cold snack if you don’t even feel like reheating them.
Loaded with ham, swiss cheese, dill pickle. Topped with a dijon, onion, butter spread. Then toasted until lightly golden and the cheese is melted.
How to make this Cuban Sliders Recipe:
- Slice the slider buns in half. No need to separate the rolls, the Hawaiian rolls come in a large sheet, with all the buns connected. Simply slice the entire sheet of rolls in half, placing the bottom of the rolls into a greased baking pan or dish.
- Layer the sliced ham, cheese, and pickles. Then place the tops of the slider buns on top.
- Once you have the sliders assembled, add a few ingredients (in the recipe below) to make the dijon spread and pour it over the top.
- Cover and bake.
Ingredients Needed for Cuban Sliders:
- Hawaiian Rolls: the sweetness of the bread adds a little extra to these sliders.
- Sliced Ham: sliced deli ham is perfect for these. Read more about the Cuban Pork down below.
- Swiss cheese: deli sliced Swiss cheese.
- Dill pickles: sliced dill pickles chips, or slice up a whole dill pickle.
- Mustard: Add some extra to the sliders if desired.
- Butter: unsalted butter is needed for making the mustard sauce to drizzle on top of the sliders before baking.
- Minced Onion: use finely diced fresh onion or use dehydrated minced onion that is typically found in the spice aisles at most markets.
What about the Cuban Pork?
This question comes up often! We can all agree, Cuban pork is amazing, but it takes a day to make since it should be cooked slowly. IF you have some cuban pork on hand, some leftovers, and you want to make these sliders definitely use the pork! However, this recipe is designed to be a quick, 30 minute recipe to replicate the flavors of a cuban sandwich.
You will love how simple these are to make!
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Cuban Sliders
Ingredients
- 24 pack Hawaiian rolls
- 1 package sliced ham lunch meat
- 8 slices swiss cheese
- dill pickles
Dijon Spread
- 2 tbsp minced onion
- ½ cup butter melted
- 2 tbsp dijon mustard
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F
- Grease 9×13 baking pan and set aside.
- Cut the Hawaiian rolls in half removing the top and placing the bottom of the rolls in the baking pan. Layer the meat, cheese, and pickles. Place the top of the rolls on top.
Dijon Spread
- Whisk together the butter and the dijon mustard. Add in the minced onion (could also grate onion if you don’t want the minced onion chunks!) and stir. With a spoon pour the dijon spread over the top of the rolls.
- Cover the sliders with foil and bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove the foil and continue to bake for an additional 10 minutes or until the rolls are a toasted brown.
- Cut the sliders and remove from the baking pan. Enjoy!
Video
Equipment
- 9×13 baking tray
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Photography done by KJandcompany.co
Recipe first published on May 20, 2014. Updated October 9, 2020 with new images and information. Original image below:
These look awesome! My family was requesting Cubans and I found this recipe which makes much more sense, lol. What do you serve with it? I wanna make it on Sunday Game Day! Thank you for sharing!
There is this amazing little Cuban restaurant in our city that I LOVE but since having kids, we barely get to. And their Cubano is literally the only thing I ever order there because it is SO amazing! I can’t wait to try this recipe so we can have a little bit of our favorite at home. My husband is going to love these! 🙂
So fun!! I wish we had a little Cuban restaurant near us! My mother in law is from Cuba and used to own her own Cuban deli, their food is amazing!!!! As far as I know there’s no Cuban places near us in Tx now. These little sliders are definitely tasty though..and easy 🙂 I hope you enjoy!
I would love to try these for a work lunch; however, I have no way to keep the hot. Have you ever made these in the morning (around 6:30) and served at noon?
Hi Elaine! Personally I love them cold just as much as I do hot. When I make them just for us for dinner we usually have some leftovers, they’re great reheated also.
Just discovered your blog through pinterest–love your recipes!
Thanks so much Tammy! I’m so glad to have you here 🙂
Oh my goodness, I keep seeing these in my Pinterest feed and I just NEED to try them asap. They just look so delicious and simple!
Thanks so much Danielle! They are so quick and easy to make I hope you give them a try! Thanks for stopping by!
These look really good! I have a thing for sliders and a thing for Cuban sandwiches. So…I will definitely be making this! I already pinned it! I’m hoping you will come by and link it up with our Foodie Fridays which goes live tonight at 9 pm EST! I think it will be a huge hit!
Thanks so much Michelle! Thanks for stopping by and the sweet comment.
Such a great idea! I love Cuban sandwiches, but never thought about doing a slider version of these. Oh my goodness. Unfortunately, I’m gluten free, so I’ll have to stick with the yucky GF buns. But all the goodies on the inside should make up for that!
Thanks so much Anne-Marie. I definitely think all the goodies in these sliders will make up for any bread that you have to use 🙂 let me know how they turn out! Thanks for the sweet comment!
These were soooo good! loved them and they were so easy my 8 year old daughter made them (with my help of course). Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Yay! So fun 🙂 Love having my girls help me in the kitchen! I’m so glad you enjoyed these 🙂
Thank you for the Cuban sliders recipe!! They were just as easy as you promised and SO, SO, Soooooooooooooooo delicious!!! Even my skeptical 12 yr old son loved them!! I can’t wait to take them to a party. Until then, they will be enjoyed frequently by my small family of 3.
Cheers, Tabatha
Yay!! So glad the whole family loved them Tabatha! Trust me, they will disappear at the party! Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed the recipe 🙂
is the onion fresh or dehydrated?
Good morning Lynn! I’ve used both they turn out pretty much the same. With this batch it was fresh, mostly because I was out of the dehydrated!