Spice up your popcorn with sriracha and bacon! This snack is fast, easy, and delicious to munch on. Sriracha bacon popcorn is great for movie night or anytime you need a little pick-me-up.
How cute is the popcorn bowl? My mom bought two of them for me, and then another HUGE one as well. I love them. I really like popcorn but don't make it very often, so it always feels like a treat. I usually sprinkle mine with truffle oil or that ketchup seasoning you can buy... so good.
Sriracha bacon popcorn will please all the spice lovers out there. And you can't go wrong with bacon, right. My spice-loving husband was so excited when he found powdered sriracha in the spice aisle (we bought the McCormick one).
I don't know if it's new or I just hadn't noticed it before, but here we are. He had sriracha bacon popcorn at a restaurant recently and wanted me to recreate it at home.
I did go a little cray-cray with the amount of sriracha I sprinkled on for photo purposes. My husband even said it was too spicy. I seriously felt victorious that I actually managed to out-spice him. Then the next day again I managed to set his mouth on fire again when he asked me to sprinkle a little hot sauce on his plate.
I sprinkled a lot. The skull picture and death warning on the bottle of hot sauce I grabbed from the fridge didn't tip me off. Oops. Then the day after that, he complained that my spicy chicken burgers (coming soon!) weren't spicy enough. I just can't win! What I am trying to say here is that you might want to start with a little sriracha, taste it, and then build up if need be.
Hope you love this spicy sriracha popcorn recipe!
Sriracha Bacon Popcorn
Ingredients
- 3 strips bacon cut into small pieces
- 1/4 cup unpopped popcorn kernels
- 3 tablespoon butter melted
- sriracha powder to taste
Instructions
- Fry the bacon until it's crispy.
- Measure out 1/4 cup of popcorn kernels and add them to your popcorn maker. You could also use microwave popcorn or the stove top variety.
- When the popcorn is popped, add it to a bowl and toss it with the butter and sriracha powder (start with a little then build up to your desired level of spicy). Top it with the bacon.
Notes
- Makes enough for a light snack for 2 people. Recipe is easily doubled or tripled.
- I used the McCormick sriracha powder. If you're looking to buy it online, Amazon doesn't seem to have it right now, but they do have another brand.
- This is the popcorn maker I used for this recipe.
danneauxs says
Great. Ground the bacon up in a blender and added to butter/sriracha mixture prior to coating. Bacon goodness in every bite.
Natasha says
Awesome!! That's a great idea.
Ross@ReadytoYumble says
This looks great! When bacon is part of the seasoning, sign me up. I think I'd have to split this into two batches: sane person spicy for me and firery inferno for Liz
Natasha says
HAHA I like that. I'd have to go with sane person spicy too.
Allie | In This Kitchen says
I love the styling on this! That teal background makes that popcorn... pop! Hahaha. Looks awesome.
Natasha says
Haha thanks! ????
Liz @ Ready to Yumble says
This looks so perfect to snack on while watching football! I had no idea they made powdered sriracha...now I need it!
Natasha says
Thanks Liz!! I totally agree.