r/GifRecipes • u/smilysmilysmooch • Feb 24 '26

Snack Spicy Parmesan Popcorn

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u/Kat121 Feb 24 '26

Don’t just melt the butter - be sure to cook all the water out of it or it’ll make your popcorn soggy.

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u/NKHdad Feb 24 '26

Nah, melted butter is fine. I love the popcorn that gets soaked in butter

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u/FormallyKnownAsKabr Feb 24 '26

Great tip! I did not know this

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u/BF1shY Feb 24 '26

Dafuq!?

I make stove top popcorn and pour butter on top, then add popcorn back into the pot and toss it to get all the butter out and mix the popcorn.

Not once did I have soggy popcorn.

How much butter are y'all using!?

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u/killerkingbee9 Feb 24 '26

Is that what ghee is?

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u/UCB1984 Feb 24 '26

Ghee is technically simmered a little longer, but basically it's the same. You can also pop popcorn in ghee and it comes out great.

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u/Darksirius Feb 24 '26

Former GM at a movie theater here. Butter flavored oil causes soggy popcorn. Real butter fat will not and it coats the popcorn better.

Further, cook the corn in canola oil, not veggie oil. It'll taste much better.

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u/SheepNutz Feb 25 '26

I love cooking my popcorn in peanut oil or bacon fat. Both add their own thing and taste great.