Ham, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sliders
Gooey, tasty and portable, these Ham, Egg, and Cheese Breakfast Sliders are fun for tailgates, family brunches, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and more!
Layers of baked scrambled eggs, salty deli ham, and Provolone cheese are baked in soft Hawaiian buns for a yummy twist on a fast-food breakfast sandwich! These Ham and Egg Sliders were the bomb!
Why You Must Make
- They’re perfect for a family brunch, a weekend breakfast, an early tailgate, and more!
- You can tweak this sliders recipe with your favorites, using cooked bacon or sausage instead ham, another favorite variety of cheese, and I’ve even seen some drizzled with maple syrup!
- They can be made ahead and frozen.
When chatting with a girlfriend who has sons who played football through college, she raved about some breakfast sliders she ate at a tailgate. Ham, eggs, cheese, and spinach were all in that version, and I immediately knew my family would also be fast fans of this Better-Than-McMuffin breakfast. If you’re looking for more ideas for tailgating, check out all these awesome Game Day Snacks, too.
Ingredient Notes
- Kitchen Staples – Eggs, Milk, Salt, Black Pepper, Melted Butter, Brown Sugar
- Hawaiian Bread Rolls – One Package, 12 count. Find these with the bakery breads in your supermarket. Kings Hawaiian is a popular brand.
- Provolone Cheese – 6-12 slices or enough to add to 12 sliders. Substitute any melty cheese of your choice.
- Deli Ham – Enough for the 12 sliders, 6 -12 slices depending on their size and thickness.
- Dijon Mustard – I used Grey Poupon
- Poppy Seeds – For garnish. May use sesame seeds, dried onion, or omit if desired.
How to Make
Of course, these sliders are very adaptable. I’ve seen them made with pan scrambled eggs instead of baked scrambled eggs, all sorts of meats and cheeses, plus bonus layers like the spinach I forgot to include! Here are a few tips:
- Bake or scramble your eggs. Feel free to use a dozen eggs instead of 9 if you’d like, but you will need to up the oven time a bit if you bake them in a sheet pan.
- Cooked and crumbled bacon or sausage are also great alternatives to ham.
- Any good melty cheese will work like Cheddar, Mozzarella, Monterey jack, or Cojack.
- If you don’t want to drizzle with the butter mixture in the recipe, making garlic butter instead would be delicious! Many recipes add some maple syrup to the melted butter instead of brown sugar.
- PRO-Tip: Did you know you can make these breakfast sliders ahead and freeze for later? Just pop them into a freezer Ziploc bag, remove as much air as possible, and freeze for up to 3 months.
- To serve, just bake frozen sliders for 25-30 minutes or until cheese is melted.
- You can assemble your sliders the night before, just refrigerate them until you’re ready to cook them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sliders is a term coined by White Castle, a fast food chain that invented this type of sandwich in the 1920s. They served mini hamburgers.
They’re frequently served on game day, especially when tailgating before the event. But they’re also delicious as appetizers, snacks, or as the main dish for breakfast or brunch.
Yes, if wrapped airtight you can freeze your sliders. Just defrost in the refrigerator overnight and reheat if they’re best served warm.
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- This Make Ahead Creme Brulee French Toast made me famous at my kids’ elementary school, it’s SO good!
- Plus, my Bacon and Egg Strata is one of the hubby’s favorites.
- And these Make Ahead Breakfast Enchiladas from Bellyfull have caught my attention! Or just make your rendition of these yummy Ham, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sliders.
- Make sure to check out all my Delicious Brunch Recipes, too.
Ham, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sliders
A breakfast slider that is perfect for weekend company, tailgating or a fun brunch!
Ingredients
- 9 eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 (12 count) package Hawaiian bread rolls
- 12 slices provolone cheese, or as needed
- 6 slices deli ham, or as needed
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 ½ teaspoons poppy seeds
Instructions
- Grease a quarter sheet pan and set aside. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Whisk together eggs, milk, salt, and pepper. Pour into the sheet pan and bake for 12-15 minutes or until set.
- Remove eggs from oven and let cool. Layer in this order:
- Cut rolls in half horizontally. Place the bottom half of the rolls, cut side up, in a rimmed baking dish. Feel free to line the dish with parchment for easy cleanup.
- Layer half the provolone over the bottom half of the rolls.
- Cut the sheet pan eggs in half and place both over the provolone, trimming as needed.
- Layer on the ham, and the rest of the Provolone cheese, then add the top half of the rolls.
- Melt the butter, then mix in the sugar, mustard, and poppy seeds. Brush over the top of the rolls.
- Decrease oven temperature to 350 degrees.
- Cover the sliders with foil and bake for about 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
- Slice apart individual sliders to serve.
Notes
May use any other favorite sliced cheese that melts well.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
2 slidersAmount Per Serving: Calories: 428Total Fat: 31gSaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 345mgSodium: 993mgCarbohydrates: 10gFiber: 1gSugar: 3gProtein: 26g
20 Comments on “Ham, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sliders”
These egg and hammy sliders are so yummy! Such a hit during football season, my family demanded their presence at Christmas. They take their food quite seriously and think of you as some kind of mystical recipe goddess. Thanks for helping me keep them happily sustained! 😋
Yay!!! Glad they were a hit with your family once again!! xoxo
For several years we have hosted a potluck breakfast for friends on the 4th of July and I’ve always made scrambled eggs. This year more people are coming so I really had to come up with something different and this will work so well! I did a test run this morning and it is ‘the bomb’ as you say. I didn’t have sesame seeds but did have ‘Everything Bagel’ and it substituted really well. Thanks, Liz!
Yay! Hope your friends love these, too!! xoxo
Simple and DELICIOUS! I really loved it! Thank you for sharing!
I just want to tell you that I had a great breakfast. It’s so delicious. Thanks you!
Just looking at it makes me feel good. I just want to go to the kitchen to make it right now. Can’t wait any more.
Please disregard my last comment. I get it now. Sorry.
I don’t get your instructions on how to “cut the eggs in half” and layer over the provolone. When do you add it to the rolls. Do you lay out the slices of provolone and fit the eggs to it then put on top the bottom half of rolls? Do you just layer everything. I just don’t get your instructions. Sorry.
Hi, Susan,
Sorry for the confusion. I will rewrite the layering instructions.
First, place the bottom part of the rolls in a baking dish.
Then layer half the Provolone over the rolls.
Next, add the cooked eggs. Mine were about twice the size of the rolls, so I cut them in half and placed the two thin layers of eggs over the provolone.
After that, I layered the ham, then the rest of the Provlone, and finally the top half of the rolls.
Does that make more sense? I apologize for not making it clear enough 🙂
Liz, this is breakfast perfection! My kids would be jumping of out bed for these sliders!
These would be perfect with leftover ham when having house guests. They could be prepared the night before, wrapped tightly and heated and served the next morning once everyone was up.
We gotta try these and include the spinach lol ! Btw was the spinach wilted first?
These are indeed fantastic for family gatherings as they can be also prepared the night before, and put in the oven just before the party starts.
Excellent versatile recipe Liz!
xoxoxo
Awesome sliders! If course I would have to eat a couple of the rolls first just to make sure they were o.k. 🙂
What a great way to feed a crowd! Love it.
I’m loving everything about these breakfast sliders. And that they can be frozen. Pinning this one.
These buns look so soft. Love to dig in too! xoxo
Liz, you have us drooling this morning. Can’t even remember the last time we had a good slider and a breakfast slider is a brillant idea. Make ahead ideas are always welcome. Wishing you a super week. Take Care.
Would be perfect right now! I think I even saw mini 4-packs of the rolls at Walmart recently. Happy Easter Liz-enjoy:@)
wow Those sliders look absolutely mouthwatering with the savoury filling and those extra poppy seeds atop make them even more prettier! Happy Easter, Liz!