How to Pop Popcorn Over an Open Fire

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Yes it’s really a thing, popping popcorn on a campfire. It’s easy to do. Impressive as heck. And the popcorn gets this smoky flavor from the, well, from the smoke. It’s crazy.

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INGREDIENTS

Here’s A Video Showing Campfire Popcorn. Click the link below to watch.

Get an 18″ piece of heavy duty aluminium foil. Put 2 tablespoons of popcorn kernels in the middle of one half of the foil. Drizzle with 2 tablepsoons of oil.

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Add a sprinkle of salt. Just a pinch or two.

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Fold the foil over the popcorn and oil.

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Crimp around the edges to make a packet. You want the crimp to go in by a couple of folds. But don’t go right to the popcorn kernels.

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At the top edge, make sure there’s several layers of foil in a wide band crimped together.

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