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!
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Recipe first published on May 20, 2014. Updated October 9, 2020 with new images and information. Original image below:
WOW- what a great, easy, tasty party food!
I’m in Mexico and couldn’t find the Hawaiian Rolls- used Costco Dinner Rolls- just cut the middle third out and used the tops and bottoms. Didn’t have Swiss cheese so used the Mexican Shredded Cheese.
Came out perfect! Everyone raved about them.
Omg! I just made these tonight and they were amazing. I was not sure about the dijon and minced onion part but it really made them pop! I did buy pre-made pulled pork as I was curious and just put it on the side to add if wanted!! With or without pork, these are still amazing! Thank you so much. I can’t wait to make these for friends!!
I am from Australia and we dont have that packet of ham here so just wondering how much ham in grams I would need for 24 slider buns.
Thank you 🙂
So simple to make and super tasty! I modified it slightly by using frozen chopped onion layered on the buns instead of adding the onion to the mustard mixture. Definitely on the make again list
Looks yummy but not a Cuban slider without chunks of pork for me!
Thanks for your comment. I hope you read the section above about why there is no pork in this recipe. It has been addressed!
My husband made these for dinner last night, and our family three finished the entire tray. I was really hoping there would be leftovers for today, but they were so delicious we just couldn’t stop.
I’ve made this recipe a few times and I love it. For any other high altitude peeps (I’m at 6,000 ft), here’s what I did…
335 degrees for 17 minutes. Then 13-15 minutes with the foil off.
Can these be frozen for a later date? If so- freeze before or after baking?
Do you use salted or unsalted butter?
I always use unsalted butter 🙂
I absolutely live these sandwiches. I’ve made them several times. I’m wondering if I can make these ahead and then refrigerate til I bake them and if so what would I adjust the baking time to
You can make them ahead, refrigerate and then bake the next day. I would recommend pouring the butter sauce over just before baking. Increase the bake time by about 5-10 minutes, you’ll want to check and make sure the middle is heated through.
We make these often but will substitute sliced turkey for ham as some family members aren’t fond of ham. Quick meal and they are always devoured!
All of my people love these! It’s their favorite and most requested dinner, I’ve been making it once a month for over a year now.
Hey, just wondering if I use the dried minced onions, instead, if they should be marinated or soaked, first (@instructions on how to do so ), to rehydrate them, or just put them in dried like they are in the butter? Will they be crunchy, that way, if not, or does it even matter?
You can absolutely use the dried minced onion, they don’t need to be marinated or soaked, just add them into the butter mixture, they will bake up just fine on the top of the sliders.
Made these for Super Bowl – delicious!!!
Not only were they a hit but so easy to put together.
enjoyed them cold for lunch the next day.
My husband and 6 year old loved this recipe! It was so tasty! My son said “we should keep this recipe in mind!”
So cute! So happy y’all liked the recipe!
Made these tonight for the first time and my family loved them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would like to bring these tailgating. Do they travel well or do they get soggy when covered for a while?
They travel great! Hope you enjoy!
These won my office Tailgate treats competition so – Thank You!!
How exciting!! Congrats!
I want to make these for dinner, do you think it is ok to half the recipe? Like half all the ingredients and use just one pack of rolls?
Should I put them in a smaller baking dish?
Hi Nikki! Absolutely! You can reduce the size of the recipe in half and use a smaller baking dish for it. Let me know how it turns out.
I made this for dinner and it was so delicious! Halving the recipe worked just fine, no need for a smaller baking dish either.
Thanks for sharing!!
We are not a fan of mustard is there anything else we could use instead? They look great !
You can just leave the mustard out and do a butter sauce over the top of the sliders. Enjoy!
I love these sliders, and for another pork component I used leftover pork roast sliced thinly and it was absolutely delicious. I can’t wait to make them again
Very good!! Would like to try adding pork. I used vlassic pickles from the refrigerator section and sliced myself and also added 1tbs of poppy seeds to the butter mixture. Super good!! Will definitely make again ??