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Ground Pork Sliders Recipe with Mustard Cream and Quick Pickled Cucumbers
A recipe for quick and easy mini pork burgers topped with creamy mustard, 5 minute pickled cucumbers and pepper jack cheese. Great appetizers. Perfect for game day!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 8 sliders
Calories: 328 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Appetizer
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 pound coarsely ground pork
- ¼ cup spicy brown mustard + more for serving
- 1 tablespoon cayenne
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons olive oil + more for the pan
- 3 tablespoons bread crumbs or more if needed
- 8 small slices pepperjack cheese
FOR THE MUSTARD-CREAM
- ¼ cup spicy brown mustard
- ¼ cup Mexican crema or sour cream
- 1 teaspoon honey
- Dash of Salt
FOR THE QUICK PICKLED CUCUMBERS
- 1 small hothouse cucumber very thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Dash of Salt
- rice wine vinegar to cover
FOR SERVING
- 8 slider buns lightly toasted
Instructions
- To a mixing bowl, add ground pork with ¼ cup mustard, cayenne, smoked paprika, dried basil, salt and pepper, 2 tablespoons olive oil and 3 tablespoons bread crumbs. Hand mix, but do not overmix or the sliders can become mealy. If the meat mixture doesn’t stick together enough, add a bit more bread crumbs.
- Form the meat mixture into 8 2-ounce slider patties roughly the width of your buns. They will shrink a bit when cooked.
- Heat olive oil on a large grill pan to medium heat and cook the sliders about 3-4 minutes per side, or until the pork is cooked through.
- Top with pepperjack cheese and cover. Cook another minute to allow the cheese to melt.
- For the quick pickled cucumbers, add the cucumber slices to a pot and cover with vinegar. Add sugar and salt and heat lightly to let them dissolve. Remove from heat and cool.
- For the mustard-cream, whisk together mustard, crema, honey and salt.
- Serve the sliders on toasted buns. Top with mustard-cream and quick pickled cucumbers.
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Notes
- Makes 8 servings
Nutrition Information
Calories
328kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
25g
(8%)
Protein
14g
(28%)
Fat
19g
(29%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
8g
Trans Fat
0.003g
Cholesterol
46mg
(15%)
Sodium
269mg
(11%)
Potassium
296mg
(8%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Vitamin A
790IU
(16%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
89mg
(9%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8sliders
Amount Per Serving
Calories 328
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 328kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 14g | 28% |
| Fat | 19g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Trans Fat | 0.003g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 46mg | 15% |
| Sodium | 269mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 296mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 790IU | 16% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 89mg | 9% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.