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Five Spiced Popcorn
01/22/10 Filed in: Snacks
You know how some nights, you just want to snack for supper? Sitting in front of the television with a good bag of chips and your favorite dip or some crisp pita with hummus. Maybe you have a sweet tooth and your snack consists of cookies and milk. Whatever the comfort, there is a sense of adventure that comes with foregoing dinner. You know better, but you're going to do it anyway. So drown out your mother's voice inside your head, turn on your favorite show, and munch away.
My snack of choice on such nights is popcorn. As a child, I use to save the "cheese" packets from my blue boxes of Kraft mac and cheese and sprinkle it on my popcorn drenched in butter. This is after I popped it in a hot air corn popper, of course. Super healthy! Now that I am older and wiser (hopefully,) I make it a little differently.
I have a hot air popper, but I prefer to pop my corn on the stove in a heavy bottomed pan. Most of the time I use olive oil, but this time I tried coconut oil. Wow, what a difference, coconut oil may become my corn popping oil of choice. Check out the health benefits of coconut oil here.
Take a large heavy bottom and pour a layer of popcorn to cover the bottom of the pan. Place a tablespoon of coconut oil in the center of the pan, swish it around to cover the kernals. Turn on the heat to medium high. Sprinkle some salt to taste over the kernals. Place your lid on the pot and sit back down to watch TV.
Listen to the popping and when it starts to slow down to a few pops every couple of seconds, turn the heat off. Take the pot off the burner about a minute later or when the popping stops. Sprinkle a large teaspoon of five spice powder over the popcorn, replace the lid, and shake to stir.
Place the popcorn in a bowl, sit down on your couch, and enjoy!
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