Homemade Kettle Corn With Coconut Oil
Learn how to make homemade Kettle Corn with Coconut Oil over the stove top. This simple 4 ingredient snack recipe is so good you'll never want to buy it again.
Equipment
- Digital Food Scale
- Large Stock Pot
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 142 grams popcorn kernels
- 57 grams coconut oil
- 113 grams cane sugar
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
Instructions
- In a large pot add coconut oil and 3 corn kernels, cover with a lid and put over medium-high heat.
- Once one or all kernels have popped, remove popped kernels and add all remaining corn kernels and cover with a lid. Heat kernels for 1 minute.
- Sprinkle the sugar into the pot in an even layer over the kernels, and return the lid. Intermittently, gently swirl around the kernels in the pot to prevent sugar from burning. Once kernels start to pop, shake the pot frequently so sugar does not burn and popped kernels rise to the top.
- When all the popcorn pops and popping slows to 1 second between pops, remove pot from heat and remove lid.
- Carefully pour popped corn into large bowl to cool (careful, kernels can still pop at this time), then sprinkle with the sea salt. Once the kettle corn starts to cool, they may stick together because of the sugar. Once it is completely cool, you can easily break up the clumps.
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Notes
Tips
- Kettle corn can burn easily because of the sugar. So, it's important not to add the sugar until the pot is hot enough where the kernels will be popping immediately. This is why we do the 3 test kernels before adding the sugar. This ensures the kernels pop quickly once the sugar is added.
- Don't leave the stovetop when cooking homemade kettle corn as you want to swirl it around as much as possible to prevent burning.
- Make sure to use pot holders as your Dutch oven handles can get hot!
- As soon as there is only 1 second between pops, remove pot from heat and remove lid. This will also prevent burning.
- Make sure to salt it immediately so the salt sticks when the kettle corn is hot.
- Allow popcorn to cool completely before storing. Store in an airtight container so it stays fresh.
- High Altitude — Follow the recipe as noted.
Nutrition
Calories: 144kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 2gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 117mgPotassium: 39mgFiber: 2gSugar: 11gCalcium: 1mgIron: 0.4mg
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