This meal is very versatile! It’s a quick, easy, and mobile protein. However, it can also be dressed up to make an elegant dish. (Not pictured today.)
You can make sliders as simple as plain ground beef boiled in water or you can add spices to the ground beef mixture before cooking depending on what you are tolerating.
In general, I buy the highest quality meat I can. This means the flavor of the beef itself can stand on its own. I often do not need to add any additional spices for this as I enjoy the taste of the beef alone. If you also enjoy the taste of the beef alone, you can skip the mixing steps and go straight to the cooking. Otherwise, you can modify this recipe to your preferred spice palate before cooking these sliders.
One great way to get more fat into your diet is to buy 80% ground beef. Read more on why fat is important here.
Other potential ingredients, depending on what you are tolerating, are soy sauce or worcestershire sauce, chilis or jalapenos, or pepper flakes. If you’re feeling adventurous, try folding cheese into the center of your slider. I usually eat mine with sour cream on the side and slices of red pepper.
Ingredients for Beef Sliders:
1 lb Ground Beef
2-3 tbsp Onion
3 cloves Garlic
¼ - ½ tsp Salt
¼ tsp Ground Pepper
Directions for Beef Sliders:
Finely mince onion until you have 2-3 tbsp.
In a bowl, mix together beef, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Add ¼ to ½ tsp of salt to the mixture. You can always salt more on the table!
Add about ½ inch of water to a cast iron pan.
Once the water is boiling, add small formed patties of similar sizes to the water.
If you are not adding seasoning to your patties, salt them once you add them to the pan.
Turn as needed to ensure even cooking. Do not overcrowd the pan; only add as many as comfortably fit. They only take a couple minutes on each side to cook.
Top as you like and enjoy!
Beef Sliders
Ingredients:
- 1 lb Ground Beef
- 2-3 tbsp Onion
- 3 cloves Garlic
- ¼ - ½ tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Ground Pepper
Instructions:
- Finely mince onion until you have 2-3 tbsp.
- In a bowl, mix together beef, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Add ¼ to ½ tsp of salt to the mixture. You can always salt more on the table!
- Add about ½ inch of water to a cast iron pan.
- Once the water is boiling, add small formed patties of similar sizes to the water.
- If you are not adding seasoning to your patties, salt them once you add them to the pan.
- Turn as needed to ensure even cooking. Do not overcrowd the pan; only add as many as comfortably fit. They only take a couple minutes on each side to cook.
- Top as you like and enjoy!