Rediscover the easy methodology for stovetop popcorn cooked in a skillet with wholesome fats identical to Grandma used to make. No particular equipment is important!

Popcorn is a wholesome deal with that delights each younger and outdated!

Nonetheless, because the kernels are often not soaked or fermented, be certain to not eat it too typically!

Why Natural Popcorn is a Should

If home made popcorn is one thing you take pleasure in ceaselessly, I like to recommend shopping for sprouted popcorn (similar to this model). It is a little more costly, however undoubtedly value it as it’s simpler to digest.

On the very least, insist on natural unfastened popcorn, as typical manufacturers will doubtless be GMO and include glyphosate residue (GMOs are extremely sprayed with Roundup). This chemical herbicide is extremely disruptive to the immune system and carcinogenic as nicely.

In case you are lucky to have heirloom popcorn accessible in your space, you’ll be delighted to note that the softer, smaller kernels don’t get caught in your tooth as soon as popped!

Keep away from All Microwave Manufacturers

Along with insisting on natural popcorn, it is very important keep away from microwave variations.

It’s because the packaging is poisonous and the unnatural cooking methodology is denaturing to the molecules of the corn itself because it heats from the within out (as a substitute of outdoor in).

I’m sufficiently old to recollect the time earlier than microwaves grew to become standard and the “microwave model” of business popcorn got here in a throwaway aluminum pan with the kernels inside foil for popping on the stovetop!

Stovetop Making a Comeback!

Apparently, as extra folks reject microwaves because of their denaturing of the meals, Jiffy Pop stovetop popcorn is making a comeback (now sadly owned by globalist ConAgra Meals).

Sadly, the substances are TOTALLY totally different (and never in a great way) than once I was a child. To not point out the poisonous packaging (which is a lot of the $8 value as there are solely 2 tablespoons of popcorn in every throwaway skillet!)

The reality is that the healthiest strategy to make popcorn IS on the stovetop! However, this doesn’t contain shopping for a one-use, throwaway model from the grocery store.

All you want is a big, stainless-steel skillet to make popcorn. Supply a wholesome fats and extremely mineralized sea salt and you might be able to go!

Currently, I’ve been utilizing pastured ghee. By utilizing this wholesome fats, popcorn turns into a very good supply of the elusive MK4 type of Vitamin K2.

It’s so straightforward to pop popcorn this manner and it reduces the variety of home equipment that should be saved in kitchen cupboards.

The DIY stovetop methodology additionally avoids aluminum pans and foil from “GMO Jiffy” with its pretend butter flavoring, GMO corn and citric acid, poisonous artificial preservatives (TBHQ – tert-Butylhydroquinone), and even pretend coloration!

A few years in the past, I filmed a wholesome snacks video for the Weston A. Worth Basis. The stovetop popcorn snippet is a part of the recipe under.

I proceed to make it precisely the identical at this time!

Bonus! In the event you take pleasure in this stovetop popcorn methodology, strive this popped sorghum recipe too, which is India’s conventional model.

Caramel Popcorn Variation

For the vacations, you would possibly want to use natural mushroom popcorn (pops up massive and spherical) and drizzle with home made butterscotch (unfold the cooled popcorn on cookie sheets to do that).

This enjoyable variation makes a scrumptious reward of wholesome caramel popcorn for family and friends!

Simple Stovetop Popcorn

Directions

1. Add coconut oil and popcorn to a heavy skillet on medium-high warmth.

2. Cowl with a glass lid and heat on medium warmth shaking a couple of instances till popping begins (about 3-5 minutes).

3. As soon as popping begins, decrease the warmth to medium-low and proceed occasional light shaking of the pan whereas on the warmth till popping dies down.

4. Place popcorn in a big bowl and drizzle on melted butter. Sprinkle on sea salt to style or non-obligatory dietary yeast if desired.

Diet Details

Simple Stovetop Popcorn

Quantity Per Serving (1 cup)

Energy 91
Energy from Fats 63

% Each day Worth*

Fats 7g11%

Saturated Fats 6g30%

Monounsaturated Fats 1g

Carbohydrates 6g2%

Fiber 1g4%

Protein 1g2%

* P.c Each day Values are primarily based on a 2000 calorie weight loss plan.