Corned Beef Sliders
These Irish Trader Joe’s Corned Beef Sliders are cheesy, made with corned beef or pastrami, and a delicious sweet mustard. They are best on sweet Aloha Rolls and served with your favorite sauerkraut.
Oh, we love March and celebrating St. Patrick’s Day! One of our favorite recipes to make for casual entertaining is our Corned Beef Sliders on Hawaiian rolls. We’ve bought all of our ingredients at Trader Joe’s but you can shop anywhere. And the beauty of these cheesy sliders is you can use either corned beef (leftovers?) or pastrami, and cold corned beef sliders are the BEST!
Corned Beef Sliders
Picture these little bites of Irish goodness served with your favorite sauerkraut, slaw, or other Irish dishes, like Mac and Cheese or a good lamb stew!
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Why I love this recipe
- The ingredients are easy to find (especially in March).
- They are fun & good for a party (everyone loves sliders).
- Super easy recipe to make, and also great for March Madness.
What’s the difference between corned beef and pastrami?
Corned beef is one of my favorites, and in fact, I have one cooking right now! But often I hear people ask, what’s the difference between corned beef and pastrami? They’re both great, and you can use either for this recipe today.
Corned beef and pastrami both taste about the same. It’s the proccess of how the meat is cured that makes them different. After curing, pastrami is usually coated in a dry rub of spices before it is smoked. Corned beef is boiled. Corned beef is popular served as Corned Beef and Cabbage, a traditional Irish meal.
Gather these ingredients
I love Trader Joe’s, and it’s great as a one-stop store for buying all the ingredients. However, you can pretty much purchase these ingredients in any store.
- Aloha Rolls (otherwise known as Hawaiian rolls, which are on the sweeter side)
- Pastrami meat (but you can slice corned beef, too)
- Dubliner Irish Cheese
- Pesto
- Spicy brown mustard
- Butter
- Poppy seeds
- Brown sugar
Sliders are perfect for a crowd, and delicious served on an Epic Charcuterie Board.
How do you make Corned Beef Sliders?
- Preheat oven to broil.
- Slice the rolls in half and line the bottom half on the bottom of a large baking (cookie) sheet. You want a pan that will hold 24 small rolls (or use 2 separate pans).
- Top the bottom of the rolls with pastrami (or corned beef), and sliced cheese.
- Broil the sliders (bottom) until the cheese starts to melt; then remove from the oven.
- Adjust the oven to 350 degrees.
- Spread pesto on the inside of the top of the rolls. Place the tops of the rolls on the melted cheese/meat bottom sliders.
- In a small bowl, melt the butter and add the mustard, poppy seeds, and brown sugar. Lightly whisk until mixed well.
- Using a pastry brush, brush the butter topping over the top rolls.
- Place back in the oven and bake for another 10 minutes, until the cheese has melted and the tops are lightly browned.
Tips and substitutions:
Remember, this recipe is great if you have leftover corned beef. Or, just buy pastrami in the store. I used 3 packages for a large recipe, and the best Irish cheese (Dubliner).
Dubliner is a sweet, aged cheese over a year old, with a granular texture to it. And it melts up just fine! It’s manufactured by Carbery, located in County Cork, Republic of Ireland. We buy the Kerrygold label.
Use any kind of slider rolls.
In place of sauerkraut, use coleslaw (on the sliders if you choose, or on the side).
Serve with coleslaw, sauerkraut, or Guinness Potato Chips. Amazing!
Dublin, Ireland
The Dubliner Cheese is named after the city of Dublin, although it is made in Cork. We loved our time in Dublin a few years back. It was a thrilling experience for Uncle Gabe to walk us through the streets of Dublin and point out, that’s where your parents met, Paul, up in that dance hall. Or, walking up to Paul’s mom’s red front door where she grew up. Then walking through the Catholic church where Tom and Betty were married–oh, wow, just, WOW!
And then driving to Kimage to see the neighborhood Paul’s dad grew up in, which was once a slum. Paul’s dad grew up with Christy, from My Left Foot movie.
This recipe makes 24 small sliders (if you use Trader Joe’s Aloha Rolls, which on are the smaller side).
Don’t forget you can make ahead, and brush with the butter sauce right before baking!
We can’t wait to make these again soon–for St. Patrick’s Day! ENJOY!
More Irish recipes:
- Irish Potato Pie [A Spicy Perspective]
- Baileys Cake
- Bangers and Mash
Get the Recipe:
Corned Beef Sliders
Ingredients
- 2 pkg Aloha Rolls, 12 in each pack, or Hawaiian style rolls
- 3 pkg Columbus Pastrami, lunch meat or use sliced corned beef
- 4 oz Dubliner Irish Cheese, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup pesto
- 2 Tbsp. spicy brown mustard
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 Tbsp. poppy seeds
- 1 Tbsp. brown sugar
- Sauerkraut & coleslaw & Guinness potato chips, optional, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to broil.
- Slice the rolls in half and line the bottom half on the bottom of a large baking (cookie) sheet. You want a pan that will hold 24 small rolls (or use 2 separate pans).
- Top the bottom of the rolls with pastrami (or corned beef), and sliced cheese.
- Broil the sliders (bottom) for 3-5 minutes until the cheese starts to melt; then remove from the oven.
- Adjust the oven to 350 degrees.
- Spread pesto on the inside of the top of the rolls. Place the tops of the rolls on the melted cheese/meat bottom sliders.
- In a small bowl, melt the butter and add the mustard, poppy seeds, and brown sugar. Lightly whisk until mixed well.
- Using a pastry brush, brush the butter topping over the top rolls.
- Place back in the oven and bake for another 10 minutes, until the cheese has melted and the tops are lightly browned.
- Serve warm with sauerkraut and coleslaw. Optional to serve with Guinness Potato Chips!
Notes
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made these for my bunko ladies! they loved them.
we don’t have a TJ but I was able to get everything from costco.
also, I didn’t separate them…just sliced them as they came out to the package.
after baking I cut them apart with a sharp knife.
Making this afternoon for a book club. Quantity of butter is unclear…is it 1/2 cup (1/4 cup plus 4tbs butter) or 1/4 cup. They look yummy!
1/4 cup of butter! They are very cheesy good! :)
These were really good; did a test run on them last week. Tomorrow I am going to make these to celebrate our adult boys birthdays! Excited…they will love them. Thank you…I enjoy your recipes. It’s a bright spot in my day when they pop up in my email box.
Hi Sandy, long time no write, sorry. Thank you for amazing posts and happy St Paddy’s Day ro you and yours! Quick question, I found some awesome mini pretzel rolls today and I wondered if I can use them for the sliders, If so, do I omit the butter on top? Thanks for your help
Yes, that would be delicous Jackie!
I made this recipe yesterday for our Wine Group St. Patrick’s Party. They were a big hit, and all gone very quickly ! We do not live near a Trader Joe’s (I know…gasp!) so Kroger provided all the ingredients. I used about a half pound of corned beef from the deli. Absolutely fun to make and delicious! This will be my new “go to” for St Pat’s parties.
Yay, Jennifer! So happy to hear! And yes, you can buy these ingredients at other stores for sure! Happy St. Pat’s Day!
Yum
Um, I think I just flooded my keyboard with drool, this looks unbelievable, like, I won’t be able to concentrate for the rest of the day, I guess I better get to a TJs stat ;)