Mexican Style Popcorn Recipe: Chili Lime Palomitas
Want to change up your standard popcorn with delicious flavors? Mexican style popcorn (aka palomitas) is the perfect healthy snack: salty, sour, spicy and crunchy!
Servings 2
Equipment
- Small Saucepan
- Large Bowl
- knife and cutting boad (for cutting lime and cilantro)
- large stainless steel pot with lid
- whisk or fork for stirring sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup organic popcorn kernels
- 2.5 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon microplastic free salt
- 2 tablespoons fresh chopped organic cilantro
Instructions
- Add tablespoons of coconut oil and a couple of unpopped kernels to a large pot. Cover, and place on a stove set to medium heat.
- Once both kernels have popped, remove the pot from the stove. Immediately take off the lid, add the rest of the kernels and put the lid back on.
- Carefully shake the pot around for 15 seconds to coat the kernels with oil. Wait 45 more seconds, then place pot back on the heat (still set to medium)
- Shake pot around about every 10 seconds while the kernals heat up. Once you hear kernels popping, tilt the lid of your pot to allow some steam to escape. Continue to shake popcorn around every 10 seconds to prevent burning on the bottom of the pot.
- Once you hear your popcorn pops slow down to one pop every few seconds, remove the pot form the heat and immediately pour into a large bowl. This will let all excess steam escape and prevent burning.
- Melt butter in a small saucepan on medium-low heat.
- Remove melted butter from the heat, and add lime juice, salt, and chili powder. Stir well to make sure there are no clumps.
- With one hand, drizzle your butter sauce over the popcorn. With the other hand, quickly stir the popcorn around to coat them as evenly as possible.
- Alternatively, you can keep your sauce separate and just dip with each bite!
- Slice cilantro (make sure it's not wet!) and sprinkle over popcorn
- Optional: Add a little bit of fresh lime zest, a small pinch of cayenne pepper or salty cheese types for added flavor!