Lightly Sweet 'n Salty CRISPY Butter Popcorn
Total Time
20 minutes
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
15 minutes
Rating
5 out of 5 stars
(12)
Ingredients
13 servings
- 2/3 cup popping corn
- 2 tbsp clarified butter or ghee (, or oil, for stovetop popcorn(Note 1)
- 1 tbsp salt (you won't use it all, Note 2)
- 3 tbsp clarified butter or ghee (, melted (Note 1)
- 1/2 tsp Popcorn Salt (per directions below)
- 2 tbsp icing sugar / powdered sugar
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Preparation
Step 1
Pop Popcorn
Step 2
Pop the kernels using your method of choice - either popcorn maker or stove (see next section)
Step 3
Stovetop Popcorn
Step 4
Heat fat: Melt clarified butter in a large pot over medium high heat (medium for strong stoves). Add a few kernels of popcorn and wait until they pop - this means the oil is now hot enough. Quickly remove test popcorn.
Step 5
Add popcorn: Add remaining popcorn, lift pot off stove to shake and spread corn out evenly. Cover with a lid and return to heat. Once the popping really gets going, shake the pot gently once.
Step 6
Done! Remove from heat when the popping largely stops (3 seconds between pops) and transfer to a (very!) large bowl.
Step 7
"Popcorn Salt"
Step 8
Place salt in a mortar and pestle then grind into a fine powder. You could also do this using a spice grinder. You won't use it all, but it's harder to work with a smaller quantity than this.
Step 9
Sprinkle & toss!
Step 10
Drizzle melted clarified butter all over the popcorn surface. Sprinkle with half the salt, then use small sieve to dust with half the icing sugar.
Step 11
Toss very well in large bowl. Then sprinkle with remaining salt and dust with remaining icing sugar. Toss well again. At this stage you can add more sugar or salt, to your taste. The above quantities make it slightly salty and lightly sweet which to me is the perfect balance!
Step 12
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