Recipe: Perfect microwave popcorn

microwave popcorn. Carefully open the bag to avoid steam, and pour into a serving bowl. Microwave popcorn has changed my snacking habits forever. No, I'm not talking about the plastic-wrapped packages of microwave popcorn from the store — although I will thank them for the inspiration.

Skinny Girl along with Orville Redenbacher, Microwave. In addition to the dried corn, the bags typically contain cooking oil with sufficient saturated fat to solidify at room temperature, one or more seasonings (often salt), and natural or artificial flavorings or both. Microwave popcorn however HAS been linked to 'popcorn lung'. You can cook microwave popcorn using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of microwave popcorn

Prepare 4 tbsp of popcorn kernals.
It's 1 dash of salt pepper and seasonings of choice like garlic powder chili powder parm cheese.
Prepare 1 large of glass bowl.
It's 1 of paper plate to fit inside of bowl.

Diacetyl, a chemical used to give microwave popcorn its' buttery flavour and aroma, is linked to severe and irreversible lung damage when inhaled. Popcorn lung makes the small airways in the lungs (bronchioles) become scarred and narrowed to the point where they can't let in enough air. Yellow and white popcorn are a bit different in appearance but not in nutrition profiles. Popcorn is a ritual part of watching movies.

microwave popcorn step by step

Place popcorn in bowl, invert paper plate in bowl..
Cool on high microwave setting until popping subsides. It can be 2 to 4 minutes depending on your microwave. Bowl will be VERY HOT ,use a towel to take bowl out of microwave..
Season as you like, and serve in same bowl..
PLEASE NOTE, use only glass bowls, plastic bowls, even microwavable ones can melt from the heat of the popping corn..

You don't need to go to the theater to indulge in a bucket of popcorn. Simply stick a bag in the microwave and wait a minute or so for those fluffy. Yes, you can diy microwave popcorn either with a commercial glass popper or a microwave safe glass container such as a bowl or Pyrex measuring cup. You can use a ceramic or glass dish as the lid, although some venting produces better results. Traditional microwave popcorn in a bag is often filled with unhealthy ingredients.