Mini Sliders

Ever since my friend brought home-made mini sliders to our picnic playdate 2 years ago, I've been wanting to make my own mini sliders (yes, been wanting for 2 years!)  I did give it a try some time back but it was merely for myself and hub.  These few days, the urge is back especially after looking at the bento book which made the burger top into a pig face!  So cute.... I got to make it!

Adapted from smitten kitchen

Makes about 16 mini patties / sliders

Ingredients:

Patties
1/2 cup milk
2 slices white bread (trimmed of crust)
2 pound (900 gm) ground pork
2 tsp chopped garlic
1 large onion, diced
4 teaspoon parsley
2/3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
2 eggs
2 tsp salt
black pepper
1 cup of plain flour
olive oil

Sliders
16 Mini burger buns, sliced into half (I bought sunshine mini buns)
16 leaves of lettuce
16 slides of tomato
16 Emmantel cheese slices (if it is too big for the burger and buns, you can quarter it and put 2 quarters on each slider)
Butter
Ketchup / Chilli sauce (optional)
Dijon Mustard (optional)


Directions:

• Warm up the milk without boiling.  Tear up the white bread and let them soak for 5 minutes before squeezing off extra milk and putting them into large mixing bowl.
• Add beef, garlic, onion, cheese, egg, salt, pepper to mixing bowl and combine till well mixed.  (at this point, texture should not be too watery, but mouldable like play dough)
• Sprinkle a thin bed of flour onto a tray.  Shape your patties into desired size and put on top of flour.  When all are shaped and done, sprinkle another thin layer of flour onto the top.
• Heat up the grill pan to medium-high.  Brush with oil and grill about 4 patties at one time.  
• To ensure nice grill lines, resist the temptation to flip back and forth.  Rather, wait for about 6 minutes till one side shows nice grill lines before flipping and continuing for another 4-6 minutes.

• Butter bread on both sides and put down on grill pan, butter side down for 2 minutes.
• Spread ketchup, chilli sauce, mustard on butter if desired.
• Layer the slider in this sequence from bottom to top: Bun, lettuce, tomato, patty, cheese, bun.
• Secure the slider with a party toothpick.

beautiful grill lines!

this is why i bought the grill pan

ta-ta!

Oink Oink!