Making popcorn in a plain old brown paper bag. It sounds so easy. And yet, we’ve all been fooled into buying boxes of folded up chemical sacks, the kind that smell great but leave a nasty film on the roof of your mouth. All this time, we could’ve been buying kernels, throwing them in a paper bag, and seasoning them ourselves! It was news to Jenna, who told me about it, it was news to me, and maybe it will be news to you.
Here’s a very simple recipe, which, as with all of my favorite recipes, involves a stapler.
Plain Brown Popper Recipe
Total Time: 8 min
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup good quality popcorn
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt or popcorn salt
- Sprinkle jalapeno seasoning mix
- Paper lunch bag
- Stapler
Directions:
Toss the popcorn with the olive oil, salt, and jalapeno seasoning mix in the paper bag. Fold the top of the bag over and staple the bag twice to close. Place the bag in the microwave and microwave on high for 2 minutes to 3 minutes, or until there are about 5 seconds between pops.
NOTE: Popcorn salt is a super-fine salt that is designed especially for sticking to food such as popcorn. It has the taste of regular table salt, but its granules are much finer.
(Source: foodnetwork.com)
