Burger Sliders
Mini burger sliders with bacon, layered on a bamboo skewer together with lettuce, tomatoes and pickles! Who can resist your favorite foods on a stick – not me!
Burger Sliders
Burger SlidersThese burger bites make the perfect low-carb appetizer to please everyone from age six to age sixty, just set out some ketchup and mustard for dipping and watch them disappear! More party apps I love are Buffalo Chicken Egg Rolls, Jalepeño Popper “Nachos”, and Baked Sweet Potato Skins.
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My husband loves bacon burgers, so when I saw these in New York Times Best Selling Cookbook, Danielle Walker’s Against All Grain Celebrations I knew I had to make them! Her book is filled with a year of gluten-free, dairy-free, paleo recipes for every occasion I knew I had to make them! Perfect for the Superbowl for an easy appetizer, or even great during in the warmer months for backyard parties. I slightly adapted them using less bacon and cooked them on my grill pan since it’s too cold to use my grill but you can also make them outside on the grill.
More Party Appetizers:
- Classic Deviled Eggs
- Hot Spinach Dip
- Mini Bell Pepper Turkey Loaded “Nachos”
- Air Fryer Tostones
- Baked Mexican Layer Dip
Burger Bites
Ingredients
- 2 lbs 93% beef
- 4 oz center cut raw bacon, minced
- 2 tbsp prepared mustard
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 head butter lettuce
- 30 cherry tomatoes
- 30 dill pickle chips or slices
- ketchup, mayo and/or mustard optional for serving
Instructions
- Using your hands, gently mix together the beef, bacon, mustard, salt, onion powder and pepper.
- Form into 30 (golf ball size) meatballs.
- Heat a grill or grill pan to high heat and grill 3 minutes on each side, or until your desired doneness.
- Place on skewers with lettuce, pickles and tomatoes and serve with ketchup and mustard for dipping.
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OMG! These were so good and I loved the special sauce. When I grill hamburgers I am making that sauce. Yum!
I do not understand how this is 7 points for purple but only 1 point for green and blue. I am just wondering if I am missing something. Thank you.
I will check.
I beg to differ on the 7 points for the Purple Plan. Manually figuring I get 1.5 points each and with the calculator using the Nutrition Information I get 2 points each.
Hi! What are the cooking instructions for an air fryer?
Thank you!
Since we’re not doing weight watchers I made half the recipe into quarter pound burgers and served them on brioche buns. I used two slices of bacon and spicy brown mustard. Everyone really liked them
Do you have a rec for a sugar free pickle and a sugar free mustard? Whole30 makes some ‘common’ items fairly hard to find. Sugar free bacon isn’t too hard to find-most days! 😉
I am sure you can google?
I really dislike mustard. Is there something I can replace it with?
Thanks!
You can omit it.
When you add these on the weight watchers quick add calculator it comes up as 2 points each Am I doing something wrong???
That’s Smart Points not Points Plus.
what is prepared mustard?
Store bought mustard.
Plan yellow mustard
These were great! I ordered cute bamboo 4 inch app skewers from amazon prime. I baked my meatballs at 400 around 10-12 minutes, didn’t take long. Next time I might add a little more seasoning to the balls, maybe even worsh’ sauce and add bacon to skewers. So so good! !
Making these for the Superbowl! Thanks for sharing!! ????
I love your recipes! Gina, do you have suggestions regarding where to purchase them?
Sorry Gina. I meant to say where to buy the small sized skewers.
Perfect for Super Bowl! Gina, is there a way to mark or save recipes to a favorites here on your site. Your recipes are the reason for my WW success this time round. Thank you!
I have a recipes folder in my bookmarks and just keep my favorites there.
GIna, are these good cold? I’m thinking of preparing ahead of time and taking them to a party.
Haven’t tried them cold…
Sorry in advance if this is an obvious question- ! Is the minced bacon raw or cooked when put in meatballs
Raw
Hi Gina, just want to be clear, combine the first 6 ingredients (beef thru salt & pepper) and form into balls? Also, can i bake the meatballs? I’m thinking 15 min at 350?
Correct beef, bacon, mustard, salt, onion powder and pepper. Make them in balls and flatten like a burger. I think baking might cause some splatter but you can try!
Gina, do all the recipes in your latest cookbook have WW Smartpoints? Or do I have to calculate each one?
If you click on the cookbook link on the site and scroll down you’ll find the SP’s. 🙂
Hi Gina, Is the bacon layered on the skewer? Or part of ground beef patty? Thank you! Looks great
Part of the burger.
So this may be a lame question but does the bacon go into the burger with the seasonings? How many patties should this make? I feel like we are missing a direction section here? Sorry for the questions!
Just updated directions. 🙂
Hi Gina,
How do you incorporate the bacon? Are some of the directions missing?
Thanks!
Libby
Updated.
The instructions are a little vague. Do you mix the bacon & prepared mustard in with the raw meat & spices?
Just updated.
These have my taste buds TURNED ON hardcore! OMG they look amazing and so so so easy! I am moving in with my husband in two weeks and we plan on having a house warming party – THESE will be served! 🙂
Looks so yummy! 🙂
X Carmen.
Great heavy appetizer. Made with ground chicken breast, even my husband enjoyed them. Making with ground beef tonight for a party.