Most of you will recognize the following situation. It’s weekend and you finally have some time for your favorite obsession… BUT you know that the kids you love, will keep you away from your passion as long as possible. They will claim their piece of attention after a long week at school… I’m sure most of you will know what I’m talking about. But there is a solution: BBQ Popcorn!!
If you do, you might have tried (and failed) to combine both. In my case it has driven me into stressful situations more than what’s good for a person in his beloved weekend. Luckily for me I have a thoughtful wife that came with a package of good ideas! I can assure you she’s the best choice I ever made in life! Without her I think chaos would have ruled my life… But look how pieceful my life is now:
Anyway… One day she was talking about making some popcorn for the kids and proposed to fire up the Q to prepare dinner and keep the children quiet with the promise they could have some popcorn for dessert! You can trust me on my words, they’ve never played that quiet before. The look on their faces reminds you why you spend most of your precious time on the mission to make them happy.
How to make BBQ Popcorn?
You might wonder how you could prepare BBQ on your BBQ? It’s not that hard as it sounds. Actually it’s pretty easy. All you need is a cast iron dutch oven, a heat source (outdoor fire) and popcorn mais. You can season the popcorn at your own taste. The recipe following at the bottom will explain how we made them but you can go creative on this one. Since pictures of a closed dutch oven are rather boring I made my first movies. Don’t expect too much they are rather amaturistic but hey… You got to start somewhere… The idea for this recipe was found over @Nigella’s Party Popcorn recipe. We skipped the butter and replaced it by chocolate sauce. Why? Because it’s possible.
Please take a moment to share your feedback in comments below! I’m looking forward to read your point of view!
Ingredients
- 200 gr. popcorn kernels
- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1-1/2 teaspoons paprika
- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 3 teaspoons sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Hot chocolate sauce
Instructions
1. Prepare your barbecue for direct cooking over a hot fire (min. 200°C/400°F)
2. Put a dutch oven on the grid and place some coconut oil in it. Make sure the oil is equally spread over the bottom of the dutch oven.
3. When the coconut oil is hot, add the popcorn to the dutch oven and wait until the maize starts popping. Don't forget to put the lid on or you'll end up eating from the ground ;).
4. Once the popping starts you need to shuffle the ingredients once in a while until the popping stops.
5. Open the lid and add the spices. Mix the ingredients thouroughly.
6. Serve with hot chocolate sauce.
7. Enjoy!
What a creative way to make popcorn without heating up the kitchen!
Thank you Renee Nicole!
This {almost} makes me want to have another kid. Mine is in college now, but her nieces and nephews would get a kick out of popcorn on the grill. And my grill master is up for the challenge!
Haha I am not responsible for possible children 😉 have a nice day 🙂
I don’t have a grill, but always made popcorn on the stove – and now wonder why I never used a heavy pot to keep the heat even… I like your spice combination, too.
The stove would work fine too! It’s just using the waste heat. Doesn’t matter for the taste 😉 have a nice meal 😉
Oh wow, that sure does look (and sound!) like some much-deserved peace and serenity haha. What an awesome idea! I especially love the extra bit of chocolate sauce because: reasons! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
You’re welcome! an extra bit of chocolate always seems to work for my wife too 🙂
Wow, would never have thought of making popcorn on the BBQ, thanks for inspiring me:-)
You are welcome 🙂 the best part of cooking are to get inspired for new things 🙂
At first, I thought you found a way to put BBQ sauce on your popcorn. I’m glad to hear that it was chocolate sauce. You sound like a greally great dad.
This is brilliant! The kids sound so excited. I have the same dilemma sometimes juggling kids and cue. This also give me a reason to buy that Dutch oven I’ve had my eyes on!
There is always a reason 🙂 money is the only reason not to buy one haha! The kids were in love with the bbq from the first popping sound ti the last piece of popcorn 🙂 I love them no matter how much attention they need 🙂