How to Make Movie Theater Butter Popcorn

Eating popcorn is an American pastime that can soothe the soul. Sometimes time alone with your bag of popcorn and a favorite movie can bring back childhood memories. Part of the reason Theatre popcorn is so good is because of the ambiance of the theater, the bag or carton is placed in it, the oil they use to pop it with and the taste of real butter. Getting the buttery flavor to match the movie type popcorn is a matter of using coconut oil, butter that has its water separated from the popcorn and thorough mixing of the butter into the corn.

How to Make Movie Theater Butter Popcorn

How to Make Movie Theater Butter Popcorn

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How to Make Movie Theater Butter Popcorn

How to Make Movie Theater Butter Popcorn

Keep your Wet and your Popcorn Kernels Dry

To clarify that stateMent, your popcorn has moisture in it that is why it has an explosive "pop" to it.  Keep your kernels secure and tightly coveredto prevent the moisture from escaping-and keep it out of the refrigerator. When the popcorn pops in a pot it has some moisture left, so wait for a few minutes to let the popcorn evaporated the moisture that is contained within the pot.

Remove the water from the Butter

This should help keep the popcorn from becoming soggy and may help increase the butter flavor.  An easy way to separate water from butter is to put the butter in a pot and then cool it off in the refrigerator. Although more effective in large quantities you will get a little bit of water released from a small stick of butter through evaporation. Large quantities of butter (i.e. four one-pound blocks) will separate in the refrigerator and fall to the bottom. Just pour it out when buttersolidifies. For eight tablespoons of butter you should get about two tablespoons left after PMC.

Remember, theaters may use a fake flavor substitute for a cheaper way of creating that buttery flavor.

Use white kernel popcorn for a better hulless pop.

For the purist you could order coconut oil to pop your kernels, since theaters are known to use this oil. The Internet should reveal many sources for a search of "coconut oil"

Taking these simple steps will bring you closer to the theater type popcorn that you enjoy. Although the atmosphere of going out to the movies cant be replicated these simple procedures should bring you closer to the real thing.

How to Make Movie Theater Butter Popcorn