Fiery Cheese Popcorn

Recipe from Rachael Ray · original post · full recipe on rachaelray.com

Cheesy, craveable stovetop popcorn with a little heat: hot sauce and Worcestershire butter, cheddar powder and a smoky spice mix with onion, mustard and garlic.

Serves 4 15 min
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Ingredients

  • vegetable oil30 ml
  • popcorn kernels100 g
  • butter — melted45 g
  • Worcestershire sauce — 1 tsp5 ml
  • hot sauce5 ml
  • cheddar cheese powder40 g
  • chili powder8 g
  • seafood seasoning7 g
  • smoked paprika7 g
  • ground mustard1 tsp
  • garlic powder1 tsp
  • onion powder1 tsp

Method

  1. Heat a medium-large pot with a tight-fitting lid with the oil, 2 turns of the pan, over medium to medium-high heat. Add the kernels, cover and pop the corn until there are about 2 seconds between pops, then remove from the heat.
  2. Stir the hot sauce and Worcestershire into the melted butter. While the popcorn is hot, pour the butter over the top and season with fine sea salt.
  3. Toss the popcorn with the cheddar powder, chili powder, seafood seasoning, paprika, ground mustard, garlic powder and onion powder.

Cooking for a different diet?

Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.

  • Vegetarian

    • 5 ml Vegetarian Worcestershire sauce instead of worcestershire sauce
    • 3 g Celery salt instead of seafood seasoning

    No change to the cooking.

  • Vegan

    Fiery Nutritional Yeast Popcorn

    • 45 g Vegan butter instead of butter
    • 5 ml Vegan Worcestershire sauce instead of worcestershire sauce
    • 30 g Nutritional yeast instead of cheddar cheese powder
    • 3 g Celery salt instead of seafood seasoning

    Melt the vegan butter with the hot sauce and Worcestershire as written, and toss the popcorn with the nutritional yeast in place of the cheddar powder.

  • Gluten-free

    • 5 ml Gluten-free Worcestershire sauce instead of worcestershire sauce

    No change to the cooking.

  • Dairy-free

    Fiery Nutritional Yeast Popcorn

    • 45 g Dairy-free butter instead of butter
    • 30 g Nutritional yeast instead of cheddar cheese powder

    Melt the dairy-free butter with the hot sauce and Worcestershire as written, and toss the popcorn with the nutritional yeast in place of the cheddar powder.

Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.

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$5.23a serve

from $5.23 a serve at New World · 11 of 12 ingredients priced

About $20.90 of ingredients used for 4 serves.

$42.45 across 3 shops · all 12 items priced · $5.76 more for bigger packs, 65% spare for later

New World

$21.23

missing 1 item

you'll pay $46.62 · 54% of it spare

Woolworths NZBest choice

$11.75

missing 3 items

you'll pay $31.81 · 63% of it spare

Pak'nSave

$16.02

missing 4 items

you'll pay $23.89 · 33% of it spare

Buy at Woolworths NZ$28.68

Buy at New World$11.27

cheddar cheese powder

$6.45/100g

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chili powder

$6.45/100g

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smoked paprika

$0.83/10g

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Buy at Pak'nSave$2.50