These Buffalo Chicken Sliders are creamy, spicy, and irresistibly cheesy! Tender chicken is smothered in ranch and buffalo sauce then sandwiched between buttery Hawaiian rolls.
Why you’ll love these buffalo chicken sliders
- Perfect for crowds. They’re quick, easy, and always a crowd favorite. Make a double batch or pair with any of our other slider recipes for large gatherings.
- Easy. Use up any leftover cooked chicken or store-bought rotisserie chicken.
- Versatile. Serve them as an appetizer, main dish, or game day snack!
Ingredients
Buffalo Filling
- Chicken – any mildly seasoned, cooked chicken should work. I love using store-bought rotisserie chicken for ease.
- Ranch – use your favorite homemade or store-bought variety!
- Buffalo Sauce – use your favorite brand! Some are spicier than others, use whatever you’d like.
Butter Sauce
- Butter – unsalted butter allows you to control the amount of salt.
- Parmesan – the kind in the green can (you know what I’m talking about!) works great here, but use whatever you have on hand.
- Spices: Parsley, Basil, Garlic Powder, Salt, and Pepper – dried herbs are great for flavor and convenience, but feel free to use fresh parsley, basil, and garlic, if desired.
Buffalo Chicken Sliders
- Hawaiian Rolls – provide a sweet flavor which balances the spicy buffalo sauce beautifully.
- Cheese – we love pepper jack for extra spice, but feel free to use cheddar, provolone, monterey-jack, etc.
How to make
- Filling: stir together chicken, ranch dressing, and buffalo sauce in a large bowl.
- Butter sauce: stir melted butter, parmesan, parsley, basil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl.
- Assemble: place bottom slab of rolls in a greased 9×13 inch baking dish, spread evenly with buffalo chicken filling, top with cheese, place the top rolls on, then spoon the butter sauce over the rolls.
- Bake: until the filling is hot and the cheese has melted.
- Serve: cut into sandwiches, serve with optional green onions and jalapeños, and enjoy!
How to make in advance
- Make as directed, cool completely, slice into individual sliders, then wrap each slider in tin foil.
- Place sliders into a freezer safe ziplock baggie, then store in the freezer for 2-3 months.
When ready to serve: thaw in the fridge overnight, preheat oven to 350 degrees F, place the desired amount of foil wrapped sliders onto a baking sheet, then bake until heated through.
Variations
- Try a different type of bread. Dinner rolls, brioche buns, or ciabatta rolls.
- Layer on other cheeses. Mozzarella, provolone, blue, cheddar, fontina, gouda, havarti, monterey jack.
- Swap the sauce. Try blue cheese instead of ranch!
What to serve with buffalo chicken sliders
How to store
Leftover sliders will last in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days or in the freezer for 2-3 months.
To enjoy again, thaw in the fridge, if frozen, then warm in the microwave or bake wrapped in foil at 350ºF until heated through.
– Jennifer

Buffalo Chicken Sliders
Equipment for this recipe
Ingredients
Buffalo Filling
- 1 pound cooked and cubed chicken about 4 cups cubed (I used 1 store-bought rotisserie chicken)
- 1/2 cup ranch dressing
- 1/2 cup buffalo sauce
Butter Sauce
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted
- 1 tablespoon finely grated parmesan
- 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Buffalo Chicken Sliders
- 1 (12 oz) package hawaiian rolls
- 6 slices pepper jack cheese
- Sliced green onion optional for serving
- Sliced jarred jalapeños optional for serving
Instructions
Buffalo Filling
- Place chicken, ranch dressing, and buffalo sauce into a large bowl, mix until combined, then taste and re-season, if necessary. Set aside.
Butter Sauce
- In a small bowl, stir together melted butter, parmesan, parsley, basil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper until combined. Set aside.
Buffalo Chicken Sliders
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Slice the group of 12 rolls in half horizontally so that you have one “slab” of tops and one “slab” of bottoms. (Do not pull the rolls apart.)
- Place the bottom “slab” into the prepared baking dish, then spread evenly with the buffalo chicken filling.
- Top with the cheese slices, place top rolls on, then spoon the butter sauce evenly over the rolls.
- Bake, covered, for 30-45 minutes or until the filling is hot and the cheese has melted.
- Cut into individual sandwiches, serve with optional green onions and jalapeños, and enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
*Note: Nutrition information is estimated and varies based on products used.