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!
Servings: 8 sliders
Calories: 328kcal
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.
Notes
Makes 8 servings
Nutrition
Calories: 328kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 269mg | Potassium: 296mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 790IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 89mg | Iron: 3mg