Sliders: Another Smash Hit From the Gardners!

Mark and Francoise Gardner have now contributed 3 recipes to this blog, and this most recent one, sliders, is a smash hit! I have made them 3 times in the last month for various bbq's. They are super easy, and everyone always loves them!

Cheesy Factor (1 no cheese, 10 all cheese): cheese option, but as always, cheese makes everything better
Dummy Factor (1 easiest, 10 hardest): 2
Time Factor (1 shortest, 10 longest): 2

Sliders
3 lbs ground chuck (80/20 mix)
1/2 bottle of Teryaki sauce/marinade
2 eggs
10-12 saltine crackers
1/2 cup sweet onion, finely diced
2 packages of Hawaiian Sweet Rolls (24 ct.)
Thousand Island Dressing
Sandwich Slice Pickles (optional)
American Cheese slices (option)

In large mixing bowl, combine beef, Teryaki sauce, eggs, and onion. Smash up crackers in crumbs, and add to mix. Gently mix all ingredients together with you hands. If mixture seems too mushy or runny, add more cracker crumbs. If it seems too dry, add a little bit more teryaki until you get the consistency to make patties. Form meat mixture into small patties. Heat grill and cook patties over medium-high heat until desired doneness. Cut cheese slices into 4 small slices, and add to patties to melt (if using cheese). Serve patties on sweet rolls with thousand island dressing and pickles (optional).

These are soooo good. You may not need all or any of the crackers, depending on how thick the Teryaki sauce you use it, but it's a good idea to have them on hand in case you the consistency is a little runny. I used a Lawry's 30-minute Teryaki marinade and sauce, and it was great. I think the Gardners use the Soy-Yaki sauce from Trader Joe's, and it is awesome too. Another great twist is the Island flavor Very-Tery sauce. Any will work great!