Of all the culinary guilty pleasures that Americans enjoy, sliders are probably near the top of many lists.
Now larger restaurant chains, including Chili’s and the Cheesecake Factory, have jumped on the slider bandwagon.
That’s OK, I got mine to go.
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The patty is cooked alongside the onions on an appropriately greasy flat top grill.
Later, the bun is finished by steaming it atop the burger on the same grill.
Is it what you want or need to soak up a little of the evening’s prior sins?
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Even so, you’re free to do better elsewhere.
This order cost me $13.95.
At my local Krystal, I ordered three sliders, priced at $1.19 each.
Photo: Chris Chamberlain, Eat This, Not That!
It’s easy to eat four without blinking and maybe even a dozen on a dare!
The look: Appropriately sized.
The taste: Slightly salty, but not unpleasantly so.
Photo: Chris Chamberlain, Eat This, Not That!
The beefier pattyplus bacongives these sliders an edge over the standard-bearer and its closest imitator.
Chili’s has created a glammed-up version of the original slider without completely changing the form.
(Actually, medium-well.)
Photo: Chris Chamberlain, Eat This, Not That!
