When my wife first moved in she made me watch all of Little House on the Prairie. Ever since then popcorn has become a regular thing here. It’s a perfect low calorie snack.
My standard is peanut oil and popcorn and a little bit of koshi salt on top once it’s done. I just use a standard pot for making mine because I’m not about to deal with a popcorn maker.
Sometimes we’ll shave some red dark pepper chocolate just sprinkle on top. Sometimes my wife wants Raisinets in hers.
Rarely I’ll use Bacon fat instead of peanut oil. On extra rare occasion I might use duck fat.
We never put butter on it because we don’t tend to stock salted butter, although that is changing now that I’m making more sourdough. So maybe I will add some water to it in the near future.
What are you doing with your popcorn?
Cost per person: 38¢
Popcorn is by far my favorite snack.
List of Ingredients:
Popcorn of course. I usually use locally grown red hulled popcorn, although lately I have two kids with braces so I’ve been using a “hulless” popcorn that is relatively safe to eat with braces.
Coconut Oil
Flavacol: The secret ingredient.
Finally the popcorn popper that I use is THIS ONE: It takes more attention than most other poppers, but it does a really great job
Aside from the specific popping corn, this is basically the same recipe I use. I use the Whirley Pop, but same difference. ~2tbsp of oil, ⅓ cup kernels, and a pinch of Flavacol (seriously be careful with that stuff - it’s crazy powerful). Melt the oil w/ the Flavacol in the popper with a couple kernels. Shake it around a bit to mix it up good. When they pop dump in the rest, shake it around again to coat the new kernels, and stir slowly. I like to top the popped corn with a bit of Greek Seasoning.
Oo. Citations. I like that.