Messy little Philly cheese steak sliders are irresistibly cheesy and flavorful, perfect for your game day menu!
While pumpkin-everything are popping up everywhere (including my blog), let’s take a break for a moment and enjoy some savory goodness, like this Philly cheese steak sliders. On PRETZEL rolls! These cheesy, meaty sliders are perfect for game day menu, as well as weekday dinner.
As you know, Philly cheese steak sandwich is known for its super thinly sliced (or should I say, shaved?) meat, which is a little hard to achieve without a meat slicer.
But I have a trick that my mom taught me early on. (One of my chores was to help mom to cook dinner, and for some reason, slicing and mincing the meat was my job.)
Anyway, first, you’ll need a good sharp knife. Second, the meat has to be semi-frozen, just firm enough to shave off the thin slices. If you’ve got fresh meat from the store, simply place the meat in the freezer for 30-45 minutes to firm up.
And here is step-by-step photo instructions to make the sliders.
Loaded with tender thin steaks, sautéed mushrooms and peppers, and topped with lots of cheese, these sliders are simply irresistible!
Philly Cheese Steak Sliders
Ingredients
- 1 lb ribeye steak or any kind of steak, semi-frozen
- 4-5 white or cremini mushrooms about 2 cups chopped
- 1 medium green bell pepper about 1 cup chopped
- ¼ red onion about ¼ cup chopped
- 3 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 8 Pretzel slider buns
- 8 slices Provolone cheese
Instructions
- Using a very sharp knife, slice the steak into very thin slices. (I’m using rib eye steak, because it’s the most flavorful steak, but you can use any tender cut.) It’s easier to shave off thin slices, if the meat is semi-frozen. Simply place the fresh meat in the freezer for 30-45 minutes to firm up. Slice the mushrooms, bell pepper and onion into thin slices/strips as well.
- In a skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil and melt 1 tablespoon of butter over medium high heat. Stir in the onion and cook until fragrant, about a minute. Add mushrooms and bell pepper and cook until tender, 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle ¼ teaspoon of salt. Transfer the vegetables onto a clean plate. Set aside.
- Add the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil and thinly sliced steak into the skillet. Season the meat with remaining ½ teaspoon of salt, black pepper and Worcestershire sauce. Cook the steak for about 3 minutes, until nicely browned. Transfer to a clean plate and set aside.
- Slice the pretzel rolls in half crosswise and spread the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter on each cut side of the buns. Place the buns buttered side down on the hot skillet and toast for about a minute.
- To assemble the sliders, divide the meat among 8 slider buns, place half of the cheese, then veggie mixture and the remaining cheese.
- Right before serving, broil until the cheese melts, 1-2 minutes.
- Replace the top of the slider buns and serve!
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I’ve always used professional Quality knives like Dexter/Forschner but I’d love to try out this one. I was trying to cut frozen chicken with my Dexter chefs knife and the blade just broke in a 1/2″ semi-circle. I called Dexter and they sent me a new one at no cost.
That’s awesome customer service from Dexter. Thanks for entering the giveaway, David! Good luck!
How embarrassing to have your step children’s mom, husband’s x-wife was over helping prepare food for a graduation party and she comments on your knives in a warning tone because it could be dangerous to continue to use knives that have such loose handles!!! I need a new set!
Oh, I’ve had a knife with loose handle! Wish you luck in the giveaway, Kathleen!
I am going to make these tomorrow. They look amazing. I just hope my cheap knives cut the meat thin enough.
I’ve made similar sandwiches to these sliders but never tried pretzel buns. I’ll be sure to do so next time! Thank you for the meat cutting tip, that’s the part I dislike the most. Having a good sharp knife is key. Another tip, don’t “borrow” your hub’s fishing/fillet knife…he doesn’t appreciate it no matter how good the food is! lol
Oh, haha, I bet they won’t be happy about us using their knives! Pretzel buns were great, by the way. Thanks for entering the giveaway. Good luck!
don’t know if you will get this far in reading your comment because there is so many of them but I just wanted to let you know those Philly Steak cheese sliders look so fantastic and I will be trYing them and then I run across theentry for the knife set and I’m going to enter because I’m in bad need of a good set of knives!!!Thank you for such great recipes and I hope I win thank you!!!
Thank you for your kind words, Valorie! Good luck with the giveaway! 🙂
I have recently found myself being a recipe geek, and trying so many new dishes for our Sunday worship team at church. What they haven’t figured out yet is that most of the dishes I have been making is my first time doing so and I really don’t even know how it all turns out til they eat it. Hope they don’t mind being a guinea pig lol. My knife fails would be that I go into these store and out of respect for others I find myself listening to these salespeople with displays of knife set claiming to be the sharpest knife there is and now I have a drawer of knives that don’t cut butter and supposedly made out of the best quality but break so easily. I would love to have a Santoku knife
That’s awesome that you’re cooking for your church team! I’m sure everything turns out delicious. Thanks for entering the giveaway. Good luck!
I’ve had issues with cutting myself from not having a sharp knife. I also find cheap knives hard to hold properly. A nice, weighted knife just makes the job easier. Thanks for the recipe. Looking forward to trying it!
WE love Cheese Steaks!! My husband amd children would love to have these!! thanks you for the recipe and for the giveaway also. Be great to have one.
Thanks, Tster! Good luck!
Oh wow that would be an awesome prize to win. I have one sharp knife in my entire house! I just can’t afford to buy new ones right now. 🙂
My boyfriend insisted that he could be trusted to purchase our cutlery when we moved in together. I should have known better. He came back with Ginsu knives swearing that they were the best. He saw the infomercial and they cut through everything. Well they were the worst knives ever. He is no longer allowed to watch infomercials or purchase any kitchen items!!
Haha that’s funny! Thanks for sharing your story! Good luck with the giveaway. 🙂