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Popcorn with Nutritional Yeast and Aleppo Pepper

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Alex Lau

This popcorn captures the essence of even the most addictive flavored chip or corn puff, without the dairy or fluorescent-orange food coloring.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 Servings

Ingredients

2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1 teaspoon Aleppo pepper or crushed red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon kosher salt
8 cups just-popped popcorn (from ½ cup kernels)
¼ cup olive oil

Special Equipment

A spice mill or a mortar and pestle

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Finely grind nutritional yeast, Aleppo pepper, and salt in spice mill or with mortar and pestle.

    Step 2

    Arrange popcorn on a rimmed baking sheet and drizzle with oil; toss to coat.

    Step 3

    Sprinkle with some of the nutritional yeast mixture and toss well to coat, adding more nutritional yeast mixture to taste.

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