Stove Top Popcorn
Move aside microwave pop corn, this easy stove top popcorn recipe is coming through! In no time at all you can enjoy a bowl of freshly popped popcorn drizzled in melted butter and seasoned with salt.
Popcorn is the perfect movie night snack, its easy to make and all that’s required is popcorn kernel’s, oil, butter, salt and under 10 minutes of your time! To add to your movie snacks enjoy some corn chips with this nacho dip recipe!
Making pop corn the old fashioned way is so rewarding. It tastes better, you control the amount of salt that is added and there are no additives. I love drizzling ours with melted butter but you can skip that step if you choose to.
Recipe Ingredients
- Popcorn kernels- Any variety works, but I choose no name to make this snack even cheaper to make than it already is!
- Vegetable oil or coconut oil- These oils have a higher smoke point, I personally prefer the coconut oil but vegetable oil works great too.
- Unsalted butter- Melted and unsalted so you can control the amount of salt later when you are adding it. You don’t have to add melted butter but its a preference for my family.
- Salt- Salt to taste as soon as you stir in the melted butter, that way the salt can attach to the kernels better.
See recipe card for quantities.
How to make this recipe
- Step 1: In a large heavy bottomed stainless steel pot, add in the oil and a few kernels over medium high heat with the lid on. When they pop remove from heat.
- Step 2: Add the rest of the kernels to pot and quickly put lid back on with it slightly tilted to let out steam. Count to 30. Place back on medium high heat and shake pot back n forth over heat as the kernels pop.
- Step 3: Once popping has slowed down, remove from the heat. Add to a large bowl and drizzle over the butter and season with salt.
Hint: Make sure to leave the lid tilted slightly the whole time so steam can escape. DO NOT leave hot oil in the pot unattended!!
Storage
Popcorn is best eaten right away but I sometimes pop it ahead of time for movie nights and place it in a large zip lock bag or airtight container to have later. It will last for up to 2 days at room temperature.
Stove Top Popcorn
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup popcorn kernels
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil or coconut oil
- 3 Tbsp-1/4 cup unsalted butter melted
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Measure the popcorn kernels and set them aside.
- In a large stainless steel heavy bottomed pot, add in the oil and a few kernels over medium high heat and place the lid on.
- When the kernels all pop, remove the pot from the heat.
- Quickly add the rest of the kernels to the pot and place the lid on with it slightly tilted to leave a crack to allow steam to escape. Count to 30.
- Place the pot back on the burner on medium high heat with the lid still slightly tilted, leaving a small crack and shake the pot back and forth gently the whole time as the kernels pop.
- When popping has slowed, remove the pot from the heat.
- Add the popcorn to a large bowl and slowly drizzle the melted butter over while mixing. Add salt to taste and mix. Add any other flavorings you will be adding now as well.
Notes
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