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Garlic-Parmesan Popcorn
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Yield: 20 cups

Ingredients

  • 3  tablespoons  unsalted butter
  • 2  cloves garlic, minced
  • 2  tablespoons  vegetable oil
  • 1  cup  unpopped popcorn
  • 1/2  cup  finely grated Parmesan
  • 1/2  teaspoon  cayenne pepper
  • Salt

Preparation

In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add garlic and cook 1 minute, stirring, then remove saucepan from heat and set aside to cool slightly.

Warm vegetable oil in a large, deep pot with a tight-fitting lid over high heat. When oil is hot, add unpopped popcorn, cover pot, and cook 1 minute. Vigorously slide pot back and forth over burner until popcorn begins to pop. Continue cooking and shaking pot until popping subsides, about 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat and transfer popcorn to large serving bowl.

Pour butter-garlic mixture over popcorn, sprinkle with Parmesan and cayenne and toss to coat. Season with salt and serve.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
73
Fat:
4g (sat 2g)
Protein:
2g
Carbohydrate:
7g
Fiber:
1g
Cholesterol:
7mg
Sodium:
97mg
All You, JANUARY 2009

Member Ratings and Reviews

5 stars
Joy
This was really good, but 1 cup of unpopped popcorn is too much..you need a really large pot (and the strength to "vigorously slide it back and forth"). I used the biggest one I had and it didn't fit so I ended up burning the bottom.10/04/09