If you are wanting to easily feed a group of friends these Ham Bus or sometimes called Ham Sliders recipe is perfect.I especially love that these ham buns can be made in advance and even frozen. That makes one less thing to do the day of your party and allows you time to sit back and relax!
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This recipe is from my sister-in-law’s mother. Everyone in the family has been making them for years with crowd-pleasing results! It is what we serve for the Fourth of July at my home! By the time the Fourth of July rolls around our friends and family are tired of the normal grilling fare! We mix it up with these delicious ham buns. This recipe can be grilled or even cooked on a campfire and makes for a portable meal perfect for dinner on the boat or around a campfire.
WHAT YOU NEED FOR THIS Ham Buns Recipe
Sauce
Butter
Poppy seeds
Yellow mustard
Yellow or White Onion
Filling
1½ pounds shredded Swiss cheese
3 pounds shaved ham
48 King Hawaiian Butter Rolls (4 packages) or similar brand. (I often use Aldi’s)
Stir together butter, poppy seeds, yellow mustard, and chopped onion to make the mustard sauce. In a separate bowl mix together ham and swiss. It is easiest to mix with your hands.
Remove rolls from the package. Be sure to keep the oven-safe tray the rolls come in. Keeping rolls together slice rolls in half. The rolls are moist and delicious and make this recipe super yummy and easy!
Divide mustard sauce into fourths and spread evenly onto the top side of each of the four rolls.
Evenly divide the ham mixture between the four roll bottoms.
It will be a generous amount. Yum!
Replace the roll tops and place the ham and swiss rolls back into the ovenproof tray the rolls came in.
Wrap the rolls in their tray in heavy-duty aluminum foil.
3 Ways to Bake Ham Sliders
Once wrapped, they can then be frozen or heated right away while wrapped in foil. Now if you don’t want to heat up your house throw the foil-wrapped buns onto your grill over indirect heat. Heat them slowly for about 30 minutes. They only need to be warmed so butter and cheese melt. They can also be baked at 350 degrees in an oven for about 30 minutes.
If you like to be outside at the lake as much as we do, warm them on a campfire lakeside….just keep them away from a direct flame. Place the foil-wrapped buns in a cast iron dutch oven. Turn the buns frequently to keep them from burning. After about 20 minutes depending on your fire the buns should be warm and gooey!
Once heated through and cheese has fully melted remove from the foil. Use a serrated knife to cut apart the sandwiches.
For large groups, figure about 1½ ham buns per person. Serve hot! What an easy way to feed a crowd!
Ham Buns Printable Recipe
Ham Buns Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 Sticks Softened Butter
- 2 tbsp Poppy seeds
- 5 tbsp Yellow Mustard
- 1 Yellow or White Onion Finely Chopped
- 1 1/2 Pounds Shredded Swiss cheese
- 3 Pounds Shaved Ham
- 48 King Hawaiian Butter Rolls
Instructions
- Stir together butter, poppy seeds, yellow mustard, and chopped onion to make the mustard sauce.
- In a separate bowl mix together ham and swiss. It is easiest to mix with your hands.
- Remove rolls from the package. Be sure to keep the oven-safe tray the rolls come in. Keeping rolls together slice rolls in half. The rolls are moist and delicious and make this recipe super yummy and easy!
- Divide mustard sauce into fourths and spread evenly onto the top side of each of the four rolls (it will be a generous amount).
- Evenly divide the ham mixture between the four roll bottoms.
- Wrap the rolls in their tray in heavy-duty aluminum foil.
- Once wrapped, they can then be frozen or heated right away while wrapped in foil.
- Now if you don’t want to heat up your house throw the foil-wrapped buns onto your grill over indirect heat. Heat them slowly for about 30 minutes. They only need to be warmed so butter and cheese melt.
- They can also be baked at 350 degrees in an oven for about 30 minutes.
- If you like to be outside at the lake as much as we do, warm them on a campfire lakeside….just keep them away from a direct flame. Place the foil-wrapped buns in a cast iron dutch oven. Turn the buns frequently to keep them from burning. After about 20 minutes depending on your fire the buns should be warm and gooey!
- Once heated through and cheese has fully melted remove from the foil. Use a serrated knife to cut apart the sandwiches.
Notes
Nutrition
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They look yummy, but the nutrition count is off the charts. Is it for one serving or the whole tray?
Jessi, Yes! I am working on it. Hopefully, everything will be updated by the first of May. Thanks so much for reading my blog.
would you mind adding a printable button for your recipes? I (and probably many others) would greatly appreciate it!
They don’t need to be thawed but will need longer for cooking, about 15 minutes more. If they were frozen I would bake instead of grilling unless you can insure low heat on your grill.
These look wonderful. Can’t wait to try them. How do you fix them if they’ve been in the freezer? Do they need to thaw first?
These look absolutly delicious. I am on my way to the store for the supplies. Some will go into the freexer for later.