All you need is a few basic ingredients a large pot and these tips i m sharing to make the most amazing popcorn of your life.
Stove top popcorn with butter.
The classic stove top method for popping popcorn with butter instead of oil will give you great results as long as it s clarified butter.
Add 3 tablespoons of coconut oil to the pot and let it melt.
Perfect stovetop popcorn 1 4 cup coconut oil or canola 2 3 cup popcorn kernels 3 tablespoons butter melted 2 tablespoons honey 1 1 2 teaspoons flaked sea salt.
You can use a large saucepan with a lid or a special popcorn pan.
Even one tablespoon of butter on those eight servings of popcorn adds a lot of real butter flavor.
I like to use a relatively light pot my stockpot rather than a heavy cast iron dutch oven so that i can shake the pot while the kernels are popping and to coat it evenly in the clarified butter and homemade popcorn salt.
Within a few minutes the popcorn should start popping.
Add the coconut oil and 3 popcorn kernels to a large pot.
Movie theaters use butter flavored oil which has a lower water content than butter so it makes popcorn less soggy.
Top with butter and salt if desired.
Stovetop popcorn is easy to make fresh crisp and healthy.
The steam from the freshly popped kernels and the warm clarified butter will help the salt stick.
Real clarified butter has the same effect.
It ll take a few minutes.
How i make stovetop popcorn.
Butter easier to measure on a scale 84 grams 1 cup popcorn kernels we like the white popcorn best 1 tsp.
Sometimes we sprinkle some nutritional yeast flakes available at health food and many regular grocery stores on the finished popcorn for a nice cheesy flavor.
It s a homemade whole grain that passes as a healthy snack for adults and kids.
Stovetop popcorn tastes way better with as little as one tablespoon of oil for eight servings.
Add to the pan approximately 2 tablespoons of clarified butter per 2 ounces of kernels and set it over a medium high heat.
To make it melt 2 sticks butter in a.
Pour into a large serving bowl.
If you want to drizzle butter to your stovetop popcorn so tasty go right ahead.
Place the pot you ll be using to pop your popcorn on a burner over medium heat.
Just like the movie theater however this makes your popcorn soggy.
Give the pan a good shake every now and then to ensure even heating.
Tips for making stovetop popcorn with butter.
Many recipes for movie theater popcorn pour melted butter on the popped kernels at the end.
Once the popping slows down to nearly a stop remove the pan from the heat and let it sit for 1 more minute to give any stubborn kernels a chance to pop.
Once the coconut oil has melted add 3 popcorn kernels put the lid on and wait patiently listening closely for these to pop.
Instead the trick to homemade buttered popcorn is replacing the oil with butter.
