Hawaiian Pork Sliders
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These Hawaiian Pork Sliders are easy, quick, and oh-so-flavorful. Mini burgers made from pork, basted with barbecue sauce, and topped with a pineapple ring. Delish! For for summer grilling.
Serve these sliders with a side of Macaroni Salad or Coleslaw and wash it down with refreshing Strawberry Lemonade. A super delicious backyard meal!
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Change up the pace from usual beef burgers with these Pork Sliders. Simple seasonings, basted with barbecue sauce, and a slice of grilled pineapple will make your heart sing. Or at least your taste buds!
Pork Sliders Recipe
You only need a few simple ingredients to make these sliders:
(Scroll below to the printable recipe card for details and measurements.)
- Ground pork: You’ll need unseasoned ground pork, not Italian sausage
- Scallions: We love the subtle and mild peppery flavor these add
- Ginger: Fresh or ground ginger works here.
- Pineapple: Nothing beats fresh pineapple when it’s in season, but canned is fine.
- Barbecue sauce: The sliders get basted with barbecue sauce, so use your favorite brand.
- Salt and pepper: For flavor
- For serving: Mayonnaise and slider rolls (we love King’s Hawaiian.)
Recipe Tips
- Don’t over-mix: Over-mixing can cause the burgers to be tough.
- Form equal patties: Form the slider patties all the same size, so they cook at the same rate.
- Make an indentation in the middle: Making a slight indentation in the middle before they cook helps keep the burgers from bulging.
- Get your grill nice and hot: Preheat your grill for medium-high so you get a gorgeous sear and grill marks.
- Don’t over-cook: Always safely cook pork patties to an internal temperature of 160 degrees F. For best results do not overcook. Time and temperature can vary from grill to grill, so to take the guess work out, we recommend using a thermometer and adjust accordingly.
How to Make Pork Sliders
To make this pork slider recipe, you simply mix the ingredients, form the patties, and grill. Nothing complicated! Follow the steps below included in the printable recipe card and make sure to refer back to the article for all the helpful tips!
What to Serve with Pork Burgers
These burgers pair well with so many things. We love to serve them with Coleslaw, Fruit Salad, or our Creamy Cucumber Salad. And don’t forget the drinks! You can’t go wrong with Strawberry Sweet Tea or Cherry Limeade.
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Hawaiian Pork Sliders
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds ground pork
- 1/2 cup minced scallions
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- salt and pepper
- 8 rings of pineapple
- 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
For serving
- mayonnaise
- 8 King’s Hawaiian rolls
Instructions
- In a large bowl, using your hands, mix the pork, scallions, ground ginger, salt and pepper until just combined. Don’t over mix! Gently form 8 equal patties, with a slight indentation in the middle (this helps keep the burgers from bulging in the middle.)
- Preheat your grill for medium-high. Coat the grates with oil or nonstick cooking spray. Place the pork patties on the hot grill and lightly coat tops with barbecue sauce. Cover the grill and cook for about 5 minutes. Flip the burgers and coat with more barbecue sauce.
- After you’ve flipped the burgers, place the pineapple rings down on the grill. Cook the burgers for another 4-5 minutes, until cooked through to 160 degrees F.
- Cook the pineapple rings for about 3 minutes, or until you have nice grill marks on one side. Flip the pineapple and grill another 1-2 minutes. Remove the pineapple and burgers from the grill and let them rest 5 minutes.
- While the meat is resting, toast the rolls on the hot grill until the edges brown nicely, about 1-2 minutes.
- Spread a tad more barbecue sauce (and mayo, like I did…gasp!) on the rolls, add the burger patty and a pineapple ring, then the other roll. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are very important to you, I would recommend calculating them yourself.
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They were deliciously different and for being on a slim budget , it was a way to balance the budget with freezing for later meals.
I made these the other night and the whole family LOVED them. Thanks for another winner!
Excellent recipe!
Made this recipe over the weekend. My hubby was eating these lil hawaiian sliders like no tomorrow :)
Thanks for the great recipe!
So glad he loved them. We do, too. It’s hard to eat just one. Or even two!
Mmmm…..tasty looking. Hope to win the OXO gear to cook it right!
We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these!
Your blog made me hungry! Thanks for the giveaway!
The recipe looks so yummy – I want to make these ASAP!
My family loves these – even our little kids. Pineapple and pork is a perfect combination.
These were SOOOO delicious! Made them twice in the same week!
Those sliders look fantastic! I love grilling and OXO utensils are fantastic!
Oh, yum!
looks yummy!
I’ve never made pork burgers, but I’m sure that the OXO equipment would inspire it! They look delicious
I ust bought my first home at only 26 years old – I immediately bought my first grill. The last, yet equally important part of this story, is getting the OXO 4 piece grill set! I’ve slowly built my OXO collection over the years, starting with a pizza cutter in college, spent hard-earned college-job money on measuring cups and mixing bowls, and now indulge in luxuries like the soap/brush sink set and salad spinner. Please help me complete my OXO kitchen !
These look uh-MAY-zing. Must try. Thanks again, Amy!
Yum! those look delish! Would love to start firing up the bbq with that set!
Dude. I do not even eat burgers and I want to lick this right off the computer screen. (That’s weird, isn’t it?) They sound SO tasty. Also, King’s Hawaiian Rolls are like crack. Just sayin’.
The grilling set looks great!!
How simple and delicious. I might try it this week.
These look delicious!!
These sliders sound so good! I have been having issues with beef this summer so, a pork burger is just what I need!
I’m a fan.
Sound delicious, thanks for sharing
I am SO making these!! You know my love for my OXO pineapple slicer (there are TWO fresh pineapples sitting on my counter at this very moment just because of that slicer – it’s my new obsession!) so I’ll be using it for some of these yummy burgers, too.
Your recipes always rock.
The Pork Sliders recipe sounds terrific.
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Oh goodness. I NEED to make these Hawaiian Pork Sliders ASAP….I’m all drooling over here. They certainly look juicy and succulent! Can’t wait to bite into one. And what a nice prize package for giveaway!
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Love the giveaway!
Great set to use with the sliders! Thanks!
Love your blog! Some of the best recipes I’ve ever seen/tasted! I would love to win the OXO 4-piece grilling set!
Well my dinner plan just went out the window. These sliders look so good. Off to the store I go…………
The recipe looks great! I want to make it tonight. I love Oxo!!
We grill year round so the more recipes, the better. I’ve already put the ingredients on my next shopping list!
This recipe looks great! And so does the giveaway!
Amy, we eat pork burgers frequently because of the no-beef for Hindus thing and this sounds 100% wonderful. We will be trying them next weekend. Thank you.
Wow!! I am simply going to have to try these sliders. Love OXO-;)
Thanks for such a great grilling idea/recipe !!!
You have been much LIKED on my FB forever !!!
I’m droooling! These look so yummy. They’ll have to go on next week’s menu, as the shopping has been done for this week.
I don’t need the grilling set. :oD
We grill everything all year! Would love some new grilling tools!
Those sound so yummy. Our grill has been getting a workout this summer. :) Do you think this would work with other meats…ground turkey? Thanks!
Hi Emily – they would probably be fine with beef or turkey, but there’s just something about the pork/barbecue sauce/pineapple combo that was just fantastic. It was way more flavorful and juicy than other burgers I have made.
Mmmmm–and I can totally identify with seeing a recipe you just HAVE to make even if it means going out of your way and scrapping the original menu plan.
worth a try…
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If you like these you need to try the Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches on my blog. Killer!
yum!
These look delicious Amy! I’m all about the grilled pineapple rings. Yum!