Brown Butter and Old Bay Popcorn

This simple stove-top recipe is fast, easy, and almost irresistible. Once you
get the hang of this incredibly simple and thrifty stove-top popcorn recipe, you
can have theater-quality fresh popcorn at home!

Servings: 7 cups

Author:

Prep Time
3 minutes

Cook Time
5 minutes

Course:

Appetizer Small Bites & Snacks

Cuisine:

American

Keywords:

Gluten-Free quick appetizer comfort food easy budget bites 5-minute dish outdoor snacks

🧂 Ingredients

¼ cup popcorn (white or yellow)
1 tbsp coconut oil
2 tbsp salted butter, divided

(or to taste)
¼ tsp Old Bay seasoning

(or to taste)

Instructions

1 Preheat a 2-3 quart heavy bottomed pan with a tightly fitting lid over medium
high heat. Add the coconut oil and heat until melted and shimmering but not
smoking. Quickly add one or two teaspoons of the butter, swirl the pan, then add
the popcorn all at once and cover the pan immediately.
2 Shake and agitate the pan regularly back and forth over the burner so the
kernels slide around and don't stick or scorch. Listen for the sound of the
popping kernels, and keep shaking the pan over the heat until the pops slow to a
few seconds between each pop. Turn off the heat.
3 Pour the popcorn into a mixing or large serving bowl. Quickly add the rest of
the butter to the hot pan, and return to the stove.
4 Melt and then lightly toast the butter until it foams slightly and the milk
solids turn a light medium brown hue and it smells nutty and rich. Quickly
remove the pan from the heat (it can burn quickly once it's browned).
5 Pour the brown butter over the popcorn, using a heat-resistant spatula to scrape
all the butter from the pan and mix the popcorn so the butter is evenly
distributed throughout the kernels.
6 Season to taste with Old Bay seasoning, tossing again to mix. Best enjoyed warm
and fresh from the stove.