How To Make Popcorn On The Stove

Hi there, I am Matt from the Underground Cookery School, and today, I am going to do a video cookery lesson for you. So, I am going to show you how to cook popcorn on the stove which is incredibly easy. The first thing to show you is what we are going to cook the popcorn from.

It's actually corn maize. It has got a very hard shell or hull which is fairly impenetrable for moisture and yet there is a high protein in the middle. So, when you put them in a pan with a lot of heat, the moisture can't escape and what happens is that they just explode and pop.

So, I am going to add some vegetable oil to the pan. I have got a bit of kitchen paper and if I just rub the oil liberally around the pan. Add those kernels to the pan and then I turn the heat up.

You do need a pan with a lid. So, I am going to stick those on. I am going to leave that there for about three to five minutes.

And during that time, what will happen is the corn will start to pop. We will then take the lid off and serve it up. Well, that's been popping away now for certainly the last five minutes or so.

So, I am just going to take the lid of. It's finally stopped popping and I am going to empty that into a bowl. As if by magic, the popcorn appears.

Popcorn is, it was very popular in the great depression and also extremely popular with cinema goers, particularly with sugar or salt. You can also add chocolate or caramel, some favorites of popcorn. But that is how to cook popcorn on the stove. .