These little sliders are super easy to make and absolutely fantastic! You can use rotisserie chicken for these or simply cook your own chicken. I used one whole chicken breast which I boiled and shredded for this. Depending on the size of your bread and the quantity you add to it you can get up to 10 sliders from this. I also used my homemade bbq sauce with apple juice for these. You can use your favorite store-bought kind if you prefer. This is what you need for these:

8 sliders

1 whole cooked – skinless, boneless chicken breast – about 1.5 pounds
1 chipotle pepper in adobo – chopped
1 cup bbq sauce + more for prepping sandwiches
1/8th cup water
8 small slices cheese of choice
8 small burger buns
8 tomato slices
8 small lettuce leaves
1 TBS olive oil

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Add the oil to a large skillet. Heat it and add the chicken. Add the chipotle and bbq sauce. Mix well. Add the water and cook – on very low heat – for about 15 minutes.

Cut the buns in half and place on a baking sheet. Spoon chicken on the bottom part of the roll. Top with the cheese and place in oven. Leave it in oven for about 5 to 6 minutes – until cheese is melted.

Remove from oven and add some more bbq sauce on top bun. Top the chicken with a tomato slice and lettuce leaf. Cover with remaining bun and serve. Enjoy!

1/8th of bbq chicken – no bread or condiments – CALORIES 133.90; FAT 1.15 grs (sat 0.10; mono 0.15; poly 0.07); PROTEIN 23.39 grs ; FIBER 0.00 grs; CARBS 6.58 grs; CHOLESTEROL 60.00 mg; IRON 0.81 mg; SODIUM 248.47 mg; CALCIUM 1.19 mg

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This recipe is by far my favorite for pulled pork. The combination of smoky chipotles with the citrus is to die for. YOu can make this in the Crock-Pot is you would like. Here is what you need to do for this:

1 – 5 pound pork butt
1 medium onion – finely chopped
2 garlic cloves – finely minced
4 chipotle peppers in their adobo – chopped
1 TBS cumin
1 tsp. paprika
1 TBS chili powder
½ tsp. cayenne
¾ cup cider vinegar
¾ cup ketchup
½ cup mustard
1 TBS oregano
2 TBS brown sugar
2 cups tangerine or orange juice
2 peels – white lining removed
Olive oil
Salt & Pepper

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Heat a braising pan with some oil.

Trim the excess fat off the pork. Season generously with salt and pepper. Place in the hot pan and brown evenly on all sides. Set aside.

Add a little more oil to the pan. Add the onion and cook for 6 to 7 minutes until translucent and softened. Scrape the bottom of the pan to get all the brown bits. Add the garlic, chipotle, cumin, paprika, chili powder and cayenne. Mix well and cook for a couple of minutes until fragrant.

Add the vinegar, ketchup, mustard, oregano, brown sugar and citrus juice. Mix well. Return the pork to the pan. Add the citrus peels. Bring pot to a boil, cover and place in oven.

Braise pork for 4 hours. Remove from oven and allow sitting for a few minutes. Cool down and shred.
Place some shredded pork in a skillet with some BBQ sauce. Heat through and place inside a sandwich roll. Top with sliced pickles and serve. Enjoy!

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Grilled cheese sandwiches are easy to make and yet a wonderful meal. These have tomatoes and basil in them and are scrumptious. Here is what you need to do:

Melt some butter in a large skillet. Add two pieces of bread. Top with some shredded cheese of your choice. Allow the cheese to melt for a little bit.

Top each piece of bread with 2 tomato slices and some chopped basil. Add a second piece of cheese on top of the tomatoes. Cover it with a second piece of bread.

Carefully flip the sandwich. Press down on it to help the bread brown and the cheese melt. Add a little more butter to the pan. Flip the sandwich a couple of times until the bread is grilled and the cheese is melted.

Remove the sandwiches from the pan. Cut them on the bias and serve. Enjoy!

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These little patties are so amazingly delicious you will want to make a large batch. Make sure you plan ahead as you will have to marinade the meat. These are a fantastically economical way to entertain! Here is what you are going to need for these:

3 pounds ground beef – preferably 80%
3 garlic cloves – minced
4 TBS chopped Italian parsley
2 medium Roma tomatoes – halved
½ a large white onion
Red chili flakes
2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
2 tomatoes – peeled and chopped
1 small red onion – finely chopped
Olive oil
½ lemon juiced
Plain yogurt
Pita pockets – cut in half
Salt & Pepper

Place the meat in a large bowl. Using a grating box, grate the tomato halves into the meat. Use the larger grating holes for the tomato. Turn the grating box around and grate the onion on the smaller grating holes. Add the garlic and parsley. Season generously with salt, pepper and red chili flakes.

Knead the meat for a good 20 minutes. Cover it and refrigerate it. Let the kneaded meat rest for a minimum of 4 hours or up to 24. Form small patties, small enough to fit 3 in a half pita pocket. Grill patties in indirect heat on your grill.

While the patties are grilling mix the lettuce, tomato and red onion. Season with lemon juice, olive oil and salt. Set aside.

Place 3 cooked patties in half a pita pocket. Top with lettuce salad, a dab of yogurt and extra red chili flakes. Enjoy!

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What meat eater do you know that doesn’t enjoy getting downright dirty with a juicy sloppy Joe? I know of none! Here’s a great and affordable recipe for this popular American meal! Here is what you are going to need for this:

4 Kaiser rolls
1 pound ground beef
1 medium white onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 large celery stalk, finely chopped
½ cup ketchup
¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
1 cup beer – not dark ale
2 teaspoons mustard
4 teaspoons cider vinegar
Olive oil
Salt & Pepper

Heat a large skillet with olive oil. Add the ground beef an season with salt and pepper.Brown meat, stirring occasionally. Drain out the fat.

Wipe down the skillet and add a little more olive oil. Add the onions, celery and garlic and cook for 4 to 5 minutes
until vegetables are translucent.

Return the browned beef to the skillet and mix well. Cook for an additional 5 minutes. Add the beer, ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and vinegar. Mix well. Simmer for another 15 minutes in order for flavors to blend.

Spoon meat over half a roll and cover with the other half. Serve and enjoy!

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Burgers are a very frugal way to feed the family. This recipe mixes sausage with beef so the end result is absolutely perfect. There are a few tricks to make the perfect, juicy burger. This is what you need to do for 8 burgers:

3/4 pound ground beef
3/4 pound Italian sausage – no casings, spicy or sweet
3 scallions – white and light green, chopped
4 garlic cloves
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Black Pepper
8 Hamburger Rolls
Hamburger Condiment Spread
Sliced Tomatoes
Red Onion Rings
Sliced Pickles
Lettuce

Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Form patties and make an indentation in the middle.

Brush some olive oil on a skillet or griddle and heat it well. Add the patties and cook them for about 5 minutes – until you can actually see they are cooked up to the middle.

Flip the patties and cook them for another 5 minutes. Make sure they are completely cooked through as they are made with pork and cannot be eaten medium rare.

Smear the bottom and top of a hamburger roll with some hamburger condiment. Place a lettuce leaf on the top roll. Place a patty on the bottom one. Top with tomato, onion and pickles. Cover and enjoy!

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Cooking pork very slowly renders a tender, juicy meat that can be used in many ways. You can eat it as is with some rice, shred it and mix it with BBQ sauce for sandwiches, shred it and use it for tacos or burritos or as a filling for empanadas. These are just some suggestions!

The pork for this recipe is braised in orange juice and molasses. It slowly cooks for hours and is then shredded and drenched in bbq sauce. Mmmmm . . .

You will need:
4 to 5 pounds of pork butt
4 large oranges, juiced
4 large pieces of orange rind – whites removed
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1/4 cup dark molasses
Salt & Pepper
Olive oil
BBQ Sauce of preference
Rolls/ Pickle Slices

Heat a large pot with some olive oil. Generously season the pork with salt and pepper. Place the pork in the heated pan and brown evenly on all sides.

Place the browned pork into a slow cooker. Whisk together the orange juice, vinegar and the molasses. Pour over the pork. Place the orange rinds on the sides. Cook on low for 8 hours.

Remove the pork from the liquid and allow it to cool. Shred the meat – getting rid of the excess fat – and place it in a large skillet. Add as much bbq sauce as desired and mix well. Heat completely through.

Serve pork inside rolls with extra bbq sauce and pickles. Enjoy!

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Other Pulled Pork Recipes:
Cola Braised Pulled Pork
Chipotle Crock-Pot Pulled Pork
Crock-Pot Pulled Pork
Chicharron
Pulled BBQ Pork Shoulder
Beer Braised Pork Butt
Carnitas

These sandwiches are delectable! They are also quite frugal as you only need a pound of beef to feed 4 people. Not too shabby! Here is what you need for these:

1 pound Flank steak – cut into thin strips against the grain
1 tsp. dried thyme
2 tsp. garlic powder
1 large white onion – sliced
1 large bell pepper – sliced
½ TBS Worcestershire sauce
4 rolls – preferably Baguette style
Butter/ Olive oil
Salt & Pepper

Season your steak with thyme, garlic powder salt and pepper. Mix it well and let it sit at room temperature for a little bit.

Melt 2 TBS butter in a skillet. Add some olive oil. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until starting to caramelize – about25 minutes. Add the peppers and mix. Season with salt & pepper. Cook for another 10 minutes – until onion is completely amber and peppers are softened. Remove from pan and set aside.

Butter some rolls and toast in the oven.

Place the meat in the pan. Add a little olive oil and the Worcestershire sauce. Mix and cook for about 7 minutes. Return the vegetables to the pan. Mix and heat through. Serve meat on the toasted rolls. Enjoy!

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Here is what you are going to need for 4 burgers:
4 rolls
1 pound ground beef
Salt & Pepper
Dash Worcestershire sauce
4 thick slices of red onion
4 slices Monterrey Jack cheese
Lettuce
Sliced Tomato
Pickle slices
3 tablespoons mayo
3 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon mustard
1 teaspoon sweet relish
Olive oil
Garlic powder

Place the ground beef in a bowl. Add the Worcestershire sauce and season with salt and pepper. Mix well and form 4 patties forming a ‘well’ in the middle. Place an onion ring on the patty and press it into the ‘well’.

Heat the grill. Clean the grids and oil them with a wad of soaked paper towel. Place the burger on the grill, onion side down, at medium heat. Cook the burger for 7 to 8 minutes and flip.

Cover with the cheese and cook for an extra 7 to 8 minutes, until burger is cooked through and cheese melts.

Brush the insides of the rolls with olive oil and sprinkle some garlic powder on them. Place them face down on the grill for 2 to 3 minutes until toasted.

While your meat is cooking, mix the mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard and relish in a bowl. Smear the bottom of a roll with your sauce. Place the cooked patty on it and top with tomato slice, pickles and lettuce. Smear the top roll and cover you burger. Serve and enjoy!

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2- 14.75 oz. can pink salmon, drained and flaked
2 scallions, chopped (white and green parts)
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tablespoon chopped dill
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 egg, lightly beaten
Salt & Pepper to taste
4 sandwich rolls
Lettuce
Tomato
Red Onion

• Mix all of the ingredients in a bowl. If the mixture is too sticky for making patties add some more bread crumbs. Season with salt & pepper. Form 4 patties on the same size.
• Spray a large skillet with oil. Heat and add the patties. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes until the bottom has formed a nice brown crust. Flip and cook the other side.
• Smear the inside of a sandwich bun with tartar sauce. Place a patty on one side. Cover with some sliced red onion, 1 slice tomato and lettuce. Serve and enjoy!

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