Party Popcorn

Recipe courtesy Nigella Lawson, 2007

Show: Nigella ExpressEpisode: Holiday Snaps

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (13)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(13)

Cook Time:
5 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
12 cups

Times:

Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 5 min
Total:: 10 min

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons wok oil
1 cup (un-popped) popcorn maize
1/2 stick butter
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons ground paprika
4 teaspoons table salt
4 teaspoons sugar

Directions

Put the wok oil into the biggest pan you have with a lid over high heat, add the popcorn and quickly put on the lid. Let the popcorn pop, shaking the pan every now and then to keep the kernels moving. You will hear it but don't be tempted to look, unless you want to get shot at, and once it has stopped popping - a couple of minutes or so - take it off the heat.

Melt the butter with the spices in another pan and then pour it over the popcorn and put everything into a large paper carrier bag/shopper. Shake, shake and shake the bag again to mix the popcorn and get it thoroughly coated in the spicy butter.

Arrange in several party bowls.

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gail park ridge, IL 11-24-2008
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Cut down on the salt
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

i have a feeling nigella uses unsalted butter in this recipe im going to try it with just sugar and cinamon next time
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Katie San Francisco, CA 11-24-2008
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Good but too Salty
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I would make this again but with HALF the salt, it was WAY too salty. Good flavor, I would have melted the salt and sugar... more in the butter, it was a bit thick and didn't pour as smooth as it looked on television.Read more
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Anonymous 03-01-2008
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Yummy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I was looking for a quick easy way to make popcorn differently tonight, and this was a hit with everyone from age 2 to 32
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Benjamin Paducah, KY 02-02-2008
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Addictive!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

We made this for a party last night and no one could stop eating it. The combination of spices may sound strange, but trust... me--it's delicious. We used smoked paprika. It is salty, but I like salty popcorn. I think the key to getting it to coat the popcorn evenly is to not let the butter mixture actually bubble...just let it melt and stir it in.Read more
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Robin Volcano, CA 12-30-2007
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Yummy & Healthy
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Tasty and addictive! Make it even better by using your air popcorn popper. We didn't think it too spicy and thought that... even kids would like it.Read more
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Carla N Little Rock, AR 12-24-2007
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Too Salty
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I went back and watched the episode again thinking the recipe may have given the wrong amount of salt. My spices were not as... dispersed in the butter as Nigella's appeared on the show so I don't know if the problem is I needed more than the 1/2 stick of butter or I should have stirred the butter mixture to disolve the salt and suger. If the problem had been that it was to sweet, that would not have really been a problem. After trying to pick out the kernals with visible clumps of spices and still got unpleasantly salty bites, I gave up and threw out the batch.Read more