French Onion Beef Sliders

Yield: 24 sliders

  

 Made These sliders,  at my recent Valentine Day Brunch.- Easy to make, and really delicious.

 

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter (divided)

2 large Sweet onions, sliced thin 

2 pounds ground beef.

1 tablespoons beef base (such as Better than Bouillon)

1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

Kosher salt and black pepper, to taste

Method:

-Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the sliced onions and reduce heat to medium low. Cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly caramelized, about 25-30 minutes. If onions start to look dry out or burnt, add tablespoon of water to the pan

- In the meantime, In a large bowl, mix the ground beef  with 1 tablespoon of the beef base, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of the Worcestershire sauce. Season with salt and pepper.

-Add the beef to the skillet with the onions. Increase heat to medium-high and brown beef, breaking it up (I use a wooden flat spoon) and mixing the beef with onions.  Once browned, drain off the excess grease.

24 slider buns ( your choice- I used the Hawaii Buns )

12-16 ounces of Gruyere cheese, chopped. 

6 tablespoons butter

1 tablespoon of beef bouillion  

1/1/2 teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce

2 tablespoons sesame seeds

1 tablespoons fresh thyme ( chopped)

1 teaspoons onion powder

1 teaspoons garlic powder 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F

-Lightly grease a large baking dish ( a 9"x13" dish works)

-Separate the tops from the bottom of the slider bun s. Fit the slider bottoms buns tightly on the baking pan.

-Evenly distribute the beef and onion mixture over the bottom buns. Top with the Gruyere cheese. Cover with the tops.

-In a microwave safe bowl ( or in a small saucepan on the top of the stove) melt the butter with the remaining beef base. Stir in the remaining Worcestershire sauce and continue to mix until well-combined. Using a pastry brush, brush the butter mixture over the top buns.

-Sprinkle with the sesame seeds, thyme, onion powder and  the garlic powder.

-Bake the sliders until the cheese if fully melted and the tops of the rolls are lightly browned, about 20 minutes

Enjoy, Chef Ed.