A delicious homemade snack with popcorn and a quick five spice mixture.
Ingredients
Five Spice Powder:
1part ground cloves, 1/2 Teaspoon
2part Cassia or cinnamon, 1 Teaspoon
6parts fennel seed, 1 Tablespoon
6parts star anise, about 8.
12parts Szechuan peppercorn, 2 Tablespoons
½cuppopcorn kernels
¼cupvegetable oil
Instructions
Lightly toast spices for a few minutes over medium heat.
Grind up in spice grinder.
Get a medium to large saucepan. It needs a tight fitting lid.
Sprinkle some popcorn kernels in the bottom of the pan until they cover the bottom in a single layer. If you do any more than that, they most likely won’t all pop.
Pour in vegetable or canola oil until the oil just covers the kernels.
Put the lid on tight and put it over medium-high heat. In a few minutes the kernels should start popping! Once they do, hold the lid on the pot with one hand and gentle shake the pan with the other hand.
After about a minute or two, the kernels should all (or mostly) be popped!
Pour the popcorn into a bowl and sprinkle some salt and five spice powder on it right away while it’s still hot.