Popcorn WIP
I have spent a lot of time trying to get good movie theater style popcorn at home. The following recipe is what I would call a good baseline. It will definitely improve with more experiments. Also, you really need a whirlypop to do this right!
Recipe
- a scant 1/2 cup of white popcorn kernels
- flavacol, 1/2 to 3/4 tsp to taste
- butter flavored coconut oil, a heaping tbps / ~20ml
- canola oil, a heaping tbsp / ~20ml
Put every ingredient into the whirlypop and cook over medium heat.
Additional Thoughts
I personally don’t add additional butter or oil after popping because it’s more mess and work, and you can get it pretty rich without that if you want. There is some kind of dynamic with the amount of oil in the pan and how much flavacol gets onto popcorn, so that requires some finesse. I’ve tried sprinkling flavacol after and it’s very hard to do! My thinking is you need to have it in a like cloth bag, because it’s so fine nothing else will sift it correctly.