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Red Chile Popcorn
 

Red Chile Popcorn

 

Eat and watch old movies... perhaps Some Like It Hot?
 

8 cups 

 

freshly popped popcorn

 

¼ cup 

 

butter

 

2 small 

 

dried red chile peppers

 

½ tsp 

 

garlic salt

 

2 cups 

 

roasted peanuts

 

 

1

Preheat oven to 200°F. Place popcorn in a large baking pan and keep warm in the oven.

2

Heat butter in a saucepan over low heat until melted. Stir in the chile peppers. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Discard the chile peppers, reserving the butter.

3

Pour butter over popcorn and toss to coat. Add garlic salt and peanuts, and toss to mix.

 

 Recipe Source
California Sol Food: Casual Cooking from the Junior League of San Diego


 


 

 

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 ***Liked it, but didn't love it!- would make it again.  "I made this for our Cinco de Mayo party.  It was good, but I couldn't really taste the chile flavor much.  I would make it again and add a couple more of the dried chiles in the butter to absorb more spicy flavor."
                 -San Diego, CA









 		  

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