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.
Read more: Everything You Need to Know About Nutritional Yeast, Nature’s Cheeto Dust
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
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Preparation
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.