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    Published on: May 7, 2013 by Janice Lawandi; Updated on: October 8, 2021 7 Comments

    Chili lime popcorn

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    Easy chili lime popcorn is a healthy snack using citric acid instead of lime juice to keep popcorn crispy

    Chili lime popcorn made with chili powder, lime zest

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    I'm convinced that a bowl of freshly-popped popcorn can make all sorts of miserable situations at least a tiny bit better.

    Basic ingredients for making popcorn

     

    Spice up your popcorn with chili lime popcorn

     

    I like to douse my buttered popcorn in Frank's Red Hot, which yields soggy popcorn that kind of tastes like chicken wings. I know you're thinking it's weird, but trust me, soggy chicken-wing-flavored popcorn is pretty awesome. Just do it and thank me later.

    Then there's chili lime flavored popcorn. I struggled a lot with how to get this one right. Obviously the easy way to make chili lime popcorn is to just take your buttered popcorn and sprinkled with chili powder, salt, and sprinkle with lime juice. This totally works, but again, this yields damp popcorn. Recently, my new strategy is to omit the lime juice and use citric acid instead. It's a powder, and it's how many chip companies impart that tangy citrus flavor to snacks without the water. It works, and when combined with a little lime zest, lots of chili powder and salt, it's winning. For more recipes to make with popcorn, try this popcorn brittle and popcorn brittle brownies.

     

    📖 Recipe

    Spice up your popcorn with chili lime popcorn

    Chili Lime Popcorn

    AuthorAuthor : Janice Lawandi
    Chili lime popcorn is a light snack full of flavour with lime zest and chili powder. Give your popcorn extra tang without making it soggy by using a pinch of citric acid powder 
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Total Time 5 minutes mins
    Course Snack
    Cuisine American
    Servings 2
    Calories 281 kcal
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    Ingredients
     
     

    • 400 grams popped popcorn
    • 45 grams unsalted butter or even more, melted
    • 5 mL chili powder or more
    • 2.5 mL Diamond Crystal fine kosher salt optional, if you find your popcorn isn’t salty enough from the butter
    • 2 pinches citric acid or the juice of a lime
    • ½ lime or more, zested

    Instructions
     

    • Toss together the popcorn with all the ingredients and thoroughly mix. Taste it and adjust your seasoning accordingly.

    Notes

    Find citric acid on Amazon

    Nutrition

    Calories: 281kcal
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    Comments

    1. Anonymous says

      November 03, 2013 at 3:12 am

      I like to use something called True Lime which is a brand of crystalized lime juice. I get mine from the spice section at Fred Meyer. They also make True Lemon.

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      • Janice Lawandi says

        November 03, 2013 at 9:04 pm

        That is an excellent idea! Thank you for the recommendation! I am going to look for that product 🙂

        Reply
    2. ohshellsbells says

      September 06, 2013 at 8:52 pm

      this is brilliant!

      Reply
    3. Anonymous says

      June 23, 2013 at 8:42 am

      Why don't you mix your ingredients into the butter and then drizzle it on. Works great with hot sauce, siracha, etc. You can also put fresh rosemary into the butter while you are melting it to flavour it up. But then it's just sprinkled on the popcorn like butter and it's not so damp!
      ps. i'm out of popcorn right now. totally thinking of driving 6km to the nearest town to get some. It's seven at night and mid winter, but it would be worth it.
      carmel

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    4. musingmar says

      May 12, 2013 at 3:48 am

      This sounds addictive!

      Reply
    5. Jenni says

      May 08, 2013 at 1:09 pm

      Great idea about using citric acid plus lime zest! Love it!

      And I'm sorry some of your labmates kind of sucked. 😉

      Reply
    6. Medeja says

      May 08, 2013 at 8:43 am

      I haven't seen such interesting popcorn before! Sounds very intriguing.

      Reply
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