How to Make Kettle Corn at Home

When you think of popcorn, you get a picture of a huge bowl overflowing with buttery or cheesy popcorn ready to be popped up in your mouth, over an interesting movie! However, for a number of people who prefer making instant popcorn, the idea is to add a few popcorn kernels to a bowl and pop them in the microwave. But let me tell you microwave popcorn doesn't develop the same taste as air popped popcorn in a kettle or on the stove. These two methods of preparing popcorn are very effective ways to prepare delicious flavored or salted popcorn in a very little time, giving you the crunchiness of the corn kernels just the way you like it. Thus, to teach you how to make kettle corn at home, we have a few recipes for the same mentioned in the following paragraphs. So, read on and pick your favorite.

Homemade Kettle Corn

Even though it is less time-consuming to prepare popcorn in the microwave, there are many other disadvantages one has to face because of it. First of all, you will have to burn a hole in your pockets to buy the fancy plastic and glass used in a microwave and then you will end up consuming more calories than usual. To avoid this, you can either purchase a popper, which is similar to a kettle or simply prepare yummy and mouth-watering popcorn in a kettle! If you are thinking of how to make kettle corn at home, well, we have the perfect way for popcorn recipes put together just for you in the paragraphs below, take a look.

How to Make Kettle Corn with Air-popper
Air popping is nothing but a method in which the popcorn kernels are either added to an air popper or to a kettle where the popcorn is cooked due to the pressure built in the container. This can be your answer to what makes popcorn pop? Since this process is purely on the basis of steam, using it to pop kernels is considered to be a very healthy snack. Therefore if you want to know how to make kettle corn at home in either a kettle or an air popper, follow the procedure given below.

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup popcorn kernels
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/3 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup white sugar

Directions
Since you are preparing this kettle corn recipe in the air popper, you will need to plug-in your popper and check if it is heating up properly. Now to the popping try add the popcorn kernels and the oil. Mix the two ingredients before you insert the tray so that the oil is evenly coated on the kernels. Switch on the popper and make sure all the kernels are popped evenly, then remove them in a large paper bag. Now, sprinkle the white sugar in the bag and the salt, and shake the bag excessively to coat all the popcorn with the two. You can either serve this popcorn or caramelize it by placing the bag in the oven for 5 to 8 minutes, and your super crispy flavored popcorn recipe is ready to be feasted on!

How to Make Kettle Corn on the Stove
The process of learning how to make kettle corn at home on the stove is very similar to that in the air popper. The only difference is that, you will need a popper which is not electric but can be heated on the stove (the usual ones). You can also use any other steel container with a lid over it for this process. The remaining process for making kettle corn is the same as mentioned above. Once the popcorn is ready, you can prepare finger licking popcorn balls with it.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup un-popped popcorn
• 1/4 cup olive or corn
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions
Before you add the kernels to the container for these easy popcorn recipes, add them to a bowl and mix them with the olive or corn oil. Once they are coated well, add them to the popper or container and place the lid tightly. Place it on low heat on the stove and make sure you keep an eye on the popcorn as it might get burnt. Once you start hearing the popping, remove from the heat and place the kettle corn in another bowl. Mix it with salt and sugar, and serve hot and crunchy!

With these simple and effective ways to learn how to make kettle corn at home, I am sure you are waiting to try it out. So, go ahead and enjoy an exciting movie with your friends and family over a large bowl of healthy kettle corn.