How to Make the Best Snack for Movie? Simple Recipes to make Popcorns at home

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It feels incomplete when you don’t have popcorns as a snack for your movie night and making them at home with the help of best popcorn kernels for air popper always give you the option to top-up your bowl whenever it gets empty. A few minutes and you will get a bowl full of popcorns. 

When it comes to cook it yourself, which flavor would you like to have is the first question as there are so many flavor available such as Caramel, butter, salted and the honey popcorn. Never heard of honey popcorn before, in this blog we have come up with the recipe of honey and popcorn and some other delicious mouth-watering recipes as well. Which way would be good to make the best popcorn 

What would be the best mean to make the popcorns?

To make the best out of popcorn kernels, there are so many other ways to pop them up. you can make them in microwave, hot air popcorns and with the stove top electric popper. 

Microwave Popcorn Maker: This seems to be more convenient mean to pop the popcorns kernels. You just need to wipe your microwave first to clean the residue. Put the bowl half full of popcorn kernels in it to give enough room to pop them easily. Only in 2-4 minutes, you will get a bowl full of popcorns. 

To make the popcorns in hot air popcorn makers: If you own one hot air popcorn maker then there is not any problem left behind. It is the easiest way and produce the healthy popcorns. It pops up the kernels with the help of hot air with the minimal amount or no oil which keeps it healthy. Do remember to put a bowl on the top of the air popper on the top so they won’t jump here and there. 

Making Popcorns on the Stove: When making the popcorns on the gas or electric stove, then you have to use a bit oil to grease the pot so that popcorn kernels won’t get burn. Put the measured amount of kernels in the pot on the stove. Cover it with the lid and wait for them to pop. Don’t put all the popcorn kernels in the pot, check if the heat of the proper to cook them. Add two to three kernels before adding rest to see they pop or not. Once they pop, you can add the remaining and put the lid on the top. 

These are the main means for making popcorn kernels with the best recipes for making the leisure time full of fun. Here we are sharing some more amazing recipes that you can make out of the simple ingredients that are easily available at home. 

How to make the best out of popcorn kernels?

Making the popcorns at home is easy and with some new and innovative recipes. These include  

Recipe for honey and popcorns

Ingredients

  • To make this popcorn recipe, you will need
  • Fresh popcorn kernels
  • Honey
  • Some coconut oil
  • Salt
  • Measuring spoon
  • And finally the pot in which you are going to cook 

Recipe

Add three tablespoon of oil in the pot and add 1 or 2 popcorn kernels only. (this is to check if the pot is hot enough to pop the kernels properly. Once the kernels begin to pop, add 1/3 cup of the remaining popcorn kernels and place the lid on the top of the pot. Keep on tossing the saucepan rapidly on the heat, holding the lid on the pot on the top until the kernels stop to pop. Now, divide the popcorn into two bowls. 

For honey mixture, take the honey in a separate bowl. Add cinnamon powder, salt and mix them well. Now slowly the solution on the top of the popcorns and mix them well and they are ready to be served.

Salted Popcorns

To make the salted popcorns you will need 

-3 tablespoon of oil coconut/olive

-Popcorn kernels 1/3 if you are making for 2 persons

-A table spoon for butter (add to taste)

-A pinch of salt

Recipe

 Heat a 3 quarters thick pan and heat the oil in it. If you are using coconut oil, make sure to check the heat of the pan by adding 2-3 kernels prior adding the rest of the kernels (popping kernels indicates that the pan is ready to cook the rest). Now, put the rest of the great northern popcorn kernels in the pot, cover it with the lid and wait for 30 seconds (make the pot half empty so that the kernels can easily pop to their fullest). 

Keep tossing the pan so each and every popcorn kernel gets uniform heat and prevents them from burning. When all of them get cooks, put them in a bowl and add the butter, toss them again to give a proper coat and there you go they are ready to serve. 

 Note: if you are using the salted butter, don’t add additional salt as it will make it bitter. 

Some quick tips for honey popcorn?

  • To prevent burning of your popcorn kernels, heat up the oil (in which you are going to make the popcorns) before adding the popcorn kernels. 
  • Try to use the oil that has high smoke point. For this you can use coconut oil or avocado oil. 
  • Make the mixture of honey with a pinch of cinnamon powder to make a twist in your flavor. 
  • Add the honey mixture after popping the kernels to make a clean and even coat an all over the popcorns.

Another important thing that must not be forgotten is that make sure the honey that you are going to use in the recipe should be pure. To check if it is the best honey brand in the world, go through the following tests to examine the honey’s purity or else it is just the sugar. 

Conclusion

When the planning a movie night or any other get together, popcorn seems to be a must have snack on your table. In this blog we have shared some mouth-watering recipes that you can make with the ingredients that are easily available at home. So enjoy your time.