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Looking for a delicious and easy slider to serve at your next gathering that’s different from the norm? These Alabama White Chicken Sliders are perfectly seasoned and smothered in a zingy white barbecue sauce, then topped with pickles and shredded lettuce.
If you are wanting more slider varieties, some of my other popular recipes are Honey Mustard Chicken Club Sliders, Cowboy Butter Steak Sliders, or my Crunchy Barbecue Chicken Sliders.
This recipe post is all about blackened chicken sliders smothered in Alabama white barbecue sauce.
Why You’ll Love These Chicken Sliders:
- Flavor: perfectly seasoned blackened chicken tenders, zingy Alabama white barbecue sauce, and tangy pickles pairs so well with sweet Hawaiian slider buns.
- Crowd Favorite: the time I made these for a family gathering was over a year ago and people are still talking about them. I’d be hard pressed to find anyone who won’t adore these chicken sliders.
- Perfect Game-Day Food: In need of delish finger food for a football game? Say less. These blackened chicken sliders are the way to go.
Key Ingredients:
In this recipe you’ll be making Alabama White BBQ Sauce from scratch, which I recommend making a day ahead. Aside from that, the ingredients in this recipe are rather simple. (This is a summary, the full ingredients are listed in the recipe card below)
- Chicken Tenders: preferably air-chilled chicken tenders if you can find them. These are always the most tender. If you cannot find tenders, you can use chicken cutlets or breasts as well.
- Alabama White Sauce: this is a mayo based sauce with apple cider vinegar, seasonings, horseradish, dijon mustard, lemon juice, and a dash of sugar.
- Hawaiian Sliders: I always reach for the sweet Hawaiian sliders because they offer great contrast to the sweet rolls, tangy sauce, and the crunch of the pickles and lettuce.
- Lettuce: iceberg or romaine lettuce, sliced thin into shreds.
- Pickles: opt for dill pickles, not bread and butter. We want tangy pickles, not sweet ones.
- Butter Herb Topping: melted butter with garlic and flat-leaf parsley.
What Is Alabama White BBQ Sauce?
Alabama White Barbecue Sauce is a zingy mayonnaise-vinegar sauce with plenty of seasonings, a bit of horseradish, dijon mustard, and a little sugar. It pairs wonderfully with smoked chicken and turkey as well as smoked beef brisket.
Every time I go out for good barbecue, I load up on extra Alabama white bbq sauce. It’s by far one of the best barbecue sauces I love.
How To Make Alabama White Chicken Sliders:
These sliders are so easy to make with just a few quick steps. My best tip is to make the sauce and dry rub ahead of time to make it even easier!
Step 1: Make The Alabama White BBQ
I like to make the sauce ahead of time as it lasts a week in the fridge. The flavors meld together and get better as they sit, plus it’s one less task when it comes time to making dinner. Combine all of the ingredients in a medium sized bowl and mix well until smooth and combined. Taste and adjust as needed, it’s one of those recipes that may need a dash of “this or that” to get it perfect to your liking.
Step 2: Cook the Blackened Chicken
Season up your chicken tenders and get these cooked over medium heat in a cast iron skillet (or non-stick skillet), flipping just once, about 6 minutes total or until the internal temp reaches 165 degrees.
Step 3: Toast Buns & Assemble
Pre-heat the oven to broil. Mix together the melted butter, garlic and parsley in a small bowl. Smother it over the top buns and set them beside the bottom buns on a lined baking sheet. Toast the slider buns for 2-4 minutes, until golden brown – being sure to watch them to prevent burning.
To assemble, add a dollop of white sauce to the bottom buns, top with chicken tenders – distributing them evenly among all the sliders, followed by pickles and shredded lettuce. Then spoon more white sauce over the top of. the toppings and place the top buns back on. Slice and serve.
Tools I Love:
Lodge 15″ Cast Iron Skillet
Mandolin for Slicing and Shredding
Silicone Basting Brushes
Looking For More Sliders & Finger Foods?
Honey Mustard Chicken Club Sliders
Crunchy BBQ Chicken Sliders
Cowboy Butter Steak Sliders
Brisket Elote Sliders with Alabama White BBQ
I hope you enjoy this Alabama White Chicken Slider recipe. Be sure to comment below with any questions or feedback! If you make these or any other recipes, don’t forget to tag me on IG @BadBatchBaking to be featured on my story. Seeing your recreations makes my day!
Alabama White BBQ Blackened Chicken Sliders
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs. chicken tenders
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pack Kings Hawaiian slider rolls or dinner rolls
- 1/4 head iceberg lettuce, shredded
- dill pickle slices enough for two per sandwich
Butter Topping
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley minced
- 1 garlic clove minced
Blackened Seasoning
- 2 tbsp smoked paprika regular paprika works as a substitute
- 1 tbsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon basil
- ½ teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
Alabama White Barbecue Sauce
- 1 ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoon brown sugar
- 2 teaspoon creamy horseradish
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice fresh squeezed
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoon hot sauce
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- salt and pepper to taste about ½ tsp each
Instructions
Prep Sauce & Blackened Seasoning
- Make the sauce ahead by combining all ingredients into a medium bowl and whisking until smooth. You can prepare it up to a few days ahead and keep in the refrigerator.
- Combine all blackened seasoning ingredients, mix until evenly combined and place into a small bowl or zip-top bag to store until ready to use.
Cook Chicken
- Prep chicken tenders by coating them in 2 tablespoons olive oil, then rub them with several spoonfuls of the blackened seasoning until they are well coated on both sides. Heat a skillet to medium high and add the remaining 2 tbsp olive oil.
- Once the pan is hot, add the chicken tenders and cook for 3 minutes on each side, or until they are cooked through, and the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.
Toast Buns & Assemble
- Mix together melted butter, garlic and parsley in a small bowl. Turn the oven to broil. Toast the undersides of the split slider buns until they are golden brown. Remove bottom buns and set aside.
- Flip the top buns right side up and spread the tops with the melted butter mixture. Place top buns back under the broiler for 1-2 minutes until lightly toasted.
- Assemble the sandwiches by distributing the chicken tenders evenly among sliders. Top with lettuce, a few spoonfuls of Alabama white sauce, and pickles. Slice and enjoy!
Can I simply use a Blackening seasoning? I bought Cajun Choice brand per MANY 5 star reviews. Ha ent used it yet. Can’t wait to make these!
Yes absolutely! My spice mix recipe is included for those that want to make the seasoning at home, but so often I’ll just skip the homemade seasoning and use a pre-made one I get at the store to save time. The sauce is the BEST part 🙂
We found this recipe on Pinterest and oh my goodness, it is delicious!! We are so glad we found your blog and have saved a bunch of recipes already! We figured as amazing as this recipe is, your other ones must be amazing. Can’t wait to try more!
I questioned the blackening measurement as well. But when it came to the sauce, I felt like only 2 tsp of horseradish was too little. I ended up switching the measurements. lol! 2 tsp of cayenne and 2TBSP of horseradish. The sauce was amazing. I’m sure it’s just a flavor preference. I prefer the type of heat from horseradish and others prefer it from cayenne. Amazing dish! Thank you so much for sharing!
Made these tonight for the family and they were a huge hit! Delicious! I was worried about the amount of cayenne, but it came out perfect! It was just the right amount of heat that was cooled with the pickles and sauce. Fantastic combination of flavors!! Thank you! The family said this recipe needs to be on our regular rotation!
My sister sent me this recipe and I absolutely loved it!! My boys ate it ALL UP… I had to remake it like five times since. It’s an amazing twist (the sauce is a hit)!!! I used the sauce for other things as well because I had leftovers. I doubled the recipe, I didn’t have horseradish, so I used horseradish sauce & thought the seasoning was right on point (especially for someone who uses rich seasonings). I think I might’ve even put more cayenne pepper and called for it still came out amazing which I make it a little different every time. Thanks so much for this recipe!! Thanks to my sister for sharing it with me… because I would’ve never heard of it!! Yummmmm
Absolutely delicious!! Love the heat!! Thanks for sharing.
This was SUCH a tasty recipe!! Like another commenter, I also questioned the 1 tbsp of cayenne (mainly because my young kids were eating as well- my oldest is sensitive to heat, my youngest, not so much); I ended up cutting back to 1/2 tsp (should have done more ;-)). I figured I could always add heat after the fact, which we did. White sauce was delicious and the “blackened” seasoning was perfect.
The only thing I didn’t love about this recipe was how the skinny but thick chicken tenders fit awkwardly on the slider buns.
Thanks for a great recipe~ we all loved it!!
I am questioning the amount of cayenne pepper, 1 Tbsp seems like a lot.
Haha, I totally understand that. The blackened seasoning recipe does make a good amount of seasoning mix and you only use a few spoonfuls on the chicken. So not the entire quantity of cayenne will be added to this one dish. You can certainly halve the seasoning, or just reduce the amount of cayenne if it would be too hot for your taste.
This is now my all-time favorite recipe. You are amazing.
Shirley you are so sweet!! I am so happy to hear that.
These were delicious! The chicken, the sauce, the buttered Hawaiian rolls – everything! I love that I’ll have enough seasoning and sauce for another batch in the near future 🙂 Thank you!!