28 September, 2016
How To Make Popcorn At Home
I can’t believe how many people have never made popcorn at home or don’t know how to make popcorn at home.
We all know the easy way of doing it. Buy popcorn in those microwavable bags and do it in the microwave for two minutes, but how healthy is that really? They have added fat and chemicals, and other funny ingredients that we don’t fully understand, and my take on it is why put something into your body if you don’t know what it is. If you do your own popcorn, it also tastes a whole lot better.
How To Make Popcorn At Home
Making good popcorn is an art, but it is an easy art. But you need to get it right to avoid burnt bits and kernels that don’t pop. Old popcorn is not good, as it has dried out and won’t pop. The best thing to do is put your popcorn in the freezer when you buy it to keep it fresh.
You just need to get it right to avoid the burnt bits and kernels that don’t pop. Old popcorn is not good, as it has dried out and won’t pop. The best thing to do is put your popcorn in the freezer when you buy it to keep it fresh.
Never use old popcorn, as it has dried out and won’t pop. The best thing to do is put your popcorn in the freezer when you buy it to keep it fresh for longer.
This recipe makes two large bowls. I love recipes that only have about two or three ingredients.
2 T Vegetable Oil
1 Cup Popcorn kernels
Salt
Pepper (Optional)
Use a pot that is about 20cm in diameter on a large stove plate at medium-high heat.
Test the oil first by putting two kernels of corn into the oil. When those two pop then the oil is just right to throw in your cup of kernels.
Add some salt and a turn or two of the pepper grinder and this will season the corn nicely without making it too salty.
Prevent the kernels from burning by shaking or stirring the pot around when the corn starts popping, but keep the pot on the hot plate while doing this.
When the popping slows down to one or two pops per 10 seconds, remove the pot from the heat and pour the corn into a bowl.
It helps to heat your oven to 50 degrees Celsius and keep the excess popcorn warm in there if you are eating it in stages. You can also do this to reheat leftover popcorn the next day.
16 thoughts
Its so true! I do not know how to make homemade popcorn and I don’t like the bag microwave popcorn so I tend not to enjoy one of my favorite snacks. I think I have been afraid of burning the popcorn. Your recipe and directions gives me some confidence to give it a try. I think I will surprise my husband with some popcorn tonight!
Yes I agree Maria. There is nothing better than homemade. Good luck with not burning that popcorn.
I’ve never made my own popcorn, I didn’t realise it was so simple! I’m going to be checking out my local supermarket for raw popcorn kernels now and give this a try.
Thanks for the tip on freezing the popcorn to maintain the freshness. I was just wondering, do you need to defrost it before use or can you just use them straight from frozen?
I use from frozen if they are not stuck together. But maybe defrosting them a bit will make the cooking process faster.
Ah Popcorn, the ultimate go to movie food! I never knew you could make popcorn like this and as an added bonus it’s even healthier too. This sounds great and I can’t wait to try it myself and see the difference.
Great post and this definitely seems very easy and doable for just about anyone.
Hi Kevin
It is amazing how many people don’t know how to make popcorn at home and how simple it actually is. I am sure you will enjoy your homemade popcorn.
I really love popcorn, and especially at the movies. 🙂
I’ve often thought about learning how to make popcorn but just never got around to it. So, yep, I’m one of the people who has never made it. LOL.
The microwavable popcorn has never really appealed to be any way. Making it yourself seems a lot more fun and healthier, so thanks for the recipe.
Neil
Well here’s to your first batch of popcorn Niel.
This is really interesting. Never would have thought it was so easy to make home made popcorn. How is the taste compared to microwave popcorn? Would you put butter on it or does it taste good enough to stand on its own? I love butter on my popcorn but if the taste is good enough, it’s not necessary.
The great thing about home made popcorn, is that the salt sticks to it without having to put butter on, so it is far healthier. I also prefer the taste to that of microwave popcorn.
Hello there,
I usually just buy a bag specially designed for making popcorn in the microwave. I just can’t be asked with this whole process of making it. It’s far more easy to put the bag in the microwave for 3 minutes and viola! You’re ready to eat it while watching the movie. I do remember that mum used to make it like this, can’t remember which one is better. We also used to make it when we went to football matches. Popcorn always comes in handy!
Have you ever tried the microwave version?
Yes I have and it was also good, but it has far more fat in it than if you do it yourself.
Read your article and it was great, when you wrote the recipe for homemade popcorn you have (2 T) is that teaspoons or tablespoons? I remeber when growing up back then there was no microwave popcorn was homemade and it was great ,I didn’t know about the micro waveable popcorn: what are some of the things that is put into microwaveable popcorn?
That is tablespoons there. I know the microwave popcorn that you buy commercially has a hell of a lot of fat in it compared to the homemade variety.
Homemade popcorns! My mom always used to make them for my brother and me. They were our favorites. We never had the store-bought ones when we were kids.
Sadly, neither of us learned how to make them. Thank you for the recipe. We’re definitely going to make it for our mom , this weekend! 🙂
Thanks for stopping by Mithra and all the best trying that homemade popcorn. It definitely does taste better.