Make your own Microwave Popcorn

sugarsprinkles
sugarsprinkles Posts: 61
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I'm going to now take out my magic wand and show you my popcorn trick. Place 1/4 cup un-popped corn in a brown paper lunch bag. Fold over the top an inch and secure with scotch tape. Place in microwave on high for 2.5 min. There you go. No oil, just air. Brilliant. Tip: Your microwave has a different temperature and cooking time than mine. You will burn a few. Remove the bag when the popping slows down, not when the last kernel is popped! You have just saved big bucks, and big calories. ;)

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  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    Why thank you SS :happy:
  • cedarhurst2006
    cedarhurst2006 Posts: 378 Member
    Really????
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    also, if you love popcorn, invest in an air popper!
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    Really????
    also, if you love popcorn, invest in an air popper!

    My brother does this all the time... why invest in a separate piece of equipment? Although it is getting harder and harder to find plain old-fashioned popcorn in the store.
  • rm830
    rm830 Posts: 531 Member
    Wow, great tip! Thank you!
  • garlic7girl
    garlic7girl Posts: 2,236 Member
    Thank you Sugar!!!!!!!!! I have asked and asked someone to just explain and never got a response. I have been in h@ll because could not eat popcorn. I live fresh much much better then pkg microwave popcorn. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • cedarhurst2006
    cedarhurst2006 Posts: 378 Member
    This may be the coolest thing I've learned here!!! This is a new family favorite. It makes just enough and I eat it plain and salt free and by family will melt a little butter for taste. Cheap and much healthier than microwave popcorn. Who knew????????
  • idauria
    idauria Posts: 1,037 Member
    Thanks! I was just wondering recently if it was possible to make my own just using a brown paper bag. Now I know!
  • sugarsprinkles
    sugarsprinkles Posts: 61
    As auntiebabs said, regular popcorn is getting harder and harder to find! There is such a profit margin in the pre-bagged, greased micro pouches, that the big brands are buying out the shelf space. Walmart carries one brand of raw, their own. I keep a few bags on hand! Glad this helped! You might burn a few bags at first. Monitor your microwave settings and you'll get it!
  • hannydee
    hannydee Posts: 246
    Pretty sure you can air-pop popcorn in a saucepan (with lid, obviously!) on the hob too, without needing to add any butter or oil or anything.
  • radicalreader
    radicalreader Posts: 207 Member
    If you don't have a paper bag (or just want to be a little bit "greener"), you can put the unpopped corn in a microwave safe bowl with a loose cover on top.
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