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Buttered popcorn is a favorite snack for the younger generation, and crafting it at home is incredibly easy for everyone.
With these popcorn-making methods, you don't need expensive equipment or much time to prepare delicious popcorn for the whole family to enjoy.
1. Making Popcorn with Skillet
Ingredients for Making Skillet Popcorn:
- Dried corn kernels: 50g;
- Butter: 10g;
- Salt: ½ tablespoon;
- Sugar: ½ tablespoon.
Steps to Make Skillet Popcorn
Step 1: Slice the butter separately and mix it with sugar, salt, and corn kernels.
Mix corn with sugar, keeping butter separate
Step 2: Place the pan on the stove, melt the butter, then pour in the corn and stir evenly over low heat.
Pour the corn and stir
Step 3: Use a flat spoon and flip evenly, then cover with a lid. Cook over low heat for about 3 minutes, shaking the pan regularly to ensure even popping.
Simmer over low heat
Step 4: Once the corn has popped completely, turn off the heat and transfer it to a bowl.
Skillet popcorn is now ready
2. Making Popcorn with Electric Rice Cooker
Ingredients for Making Popcorn with Electric Rice Cooker:
- Corn kernels: 150g;
- Butter: 80g;
- Cooking oil: 15ml;
- Vanilla: 30g.
Steps to Make Popcorn Using an Electric Rice Cooker
Step 1: Clean and thoroughly dry the inside of the rice cooker to ensure optimal popcorn popping.
Step 2: Apply a layer of cooking oil to the cooker's bottom, then turn on the cook setting. After about 1 minute, add butter and cook for an additional 3 minutes.
Step 3: Switch to the warm setting, add the corn kernels, stir well. Close the lid and turn on the cook setting.
Step 4: After the corn has fully popped, turn off the heat and transfer it to a bowl.
Skillet popcorn is now ready
3. Making Chocolate-Flavored Popcorn
Ingredients for Making Chocolate-Flavored Popcorn:
- Popped corn from method 1 or method 2: 1 or 2 bags, depending on preference;
- Diameter of a bowl;
- 1 tablespoon melted butter;
- Chocolate.
Steps to Create Chocolate-Flavored Popcorn
Step 1: Prepare a heat-resistant glass pot with a long, tall shape. Pour 1 tablespoon of cooking oil into the pot, add corn kernels and sugar, then cover with a lid for the corn to pop.
Step 2: As the popcorn starts popping, occasionally shake the pot to let the unpopped kernels fall to the bottom and continue popping. Step 3: Next, finely chop the chocolate and melt it using a double boiler. Finally, mix the melted chocolate thoroughly onto the popped corn and enjoy immediately.
Chocolate-flavored popcorn is incredibly delicious
Important Note:
- You can use cooking oil instead of butter.
- If powdered sugar is unavailable, melt butter with regular sugar first to dissolve the sugar.
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