Spicy Whiskey BBQ Sliders

This was my first attempt at a recipe from The Pioneer Woman. I decided to do it on a Sunday so that I would have a bigger audience of taste testers. I made 12 sliders & 10 were eagerly eaten so I would say this recipe was a good one!

Ingredients:
2 lbs. ground beef (I wanted to use bison but it was triple the price so I went with lean beef!)
12 small rolls
Butter Salt & pepper
1 onion, diced
1/3 cup jarred jalapeños
1/2 cup whiskey
1 cup BBQ sauce

Directions:
Divide the meat into 12 patties. Season the patties with salt & pepper.

Melt a little bit of butter in a pan & cook the patties in 2 separate batches so they cook evenly. Cook them at medium-high for 3-4 minutes on each side. Make sure that they cook thoroughly but without burning. When you're done with the first batch, cook the next set of 6 sliders.

Set the sliders aside & cook the onions in the grease from the burgers. Because I used such lean beef, I didn't have much grease. If you use fattier beef, you may want to drain some of the grease. Cook the onions for 3-4 minutes, or until tender.

Add the whiskey & deglaze the pan. Cook the onions in the whiskey for 2-3 minutes. I'm not a huge whiskey fan (I had to get it from my dad because we don't even have any here!) so I was a little nervous to cook with it. Even though the smell seemed potent enough to get me drunk, it was a much milder taste once it had cooked off.

While the onions are cooking, butter the buns & place them in a separate pan to brown.

Add the jalapeños & BBQ sauce to the onions & stir together.

Place all the burgers into the pan & let it all simmer together. Flip the burgers so the sauce fully coats the burgers.

When making your sandwiches, make sure to get plenty of sauce, onions & jalapeños on every bun. We had the sliders with some tots. Now I know that my taste testers aren't very picky (their alternative options involve take out & some sort of personal effort!) but these seemed to be a hit!