Tuna salad is the little black dress of sandwich fillings –- protein-packed, budget-friendly, and endlessly customizable. Whether you prefer a minimalist approach or you aren't afraid to get creative, almost everyone has a tuna salad take, and Matthew McConaughey is no exception. The actor shared his go-to tuna salad recipe in a 2024 interview, and let's just say, he takes a more-is-more approach to this classic fish dish.
It starts relatively tame –- the requisite tuna, a touch of vinegar and lemon juice, chopped onions, pickle relish, and mayo. But McConaughey's just getting started, and things get increasingly spicy from there. His first controversial move is mixing wasabi paste into the mayo.
It's a hot take, but includes a wasabi-lime vinaigrette, so it's probably Barefoot Contessa-approved. He also adds some chopped apple — a bit out there, but certainly not unheard of (apple is a ). Finally, he completes this tuna creation with corn, frozen peas, agave syrup, and the cherry on top, a generous sprinkling of crispy jalapeño chips.
If you've lost the plot, let's recap: McConaughey's tuna salad includes no less than 12 ingredients, and at least half are solidly polemic –- corn, peas, apple, agave syrup, crispy jalapeño chips, and wasabi. Put together, it's a tuna-based bomb of flavor, spice, crunch, and controversy. Is Matthew McConaughey's tuna salad worth trying? Matthew McConaughey's tuna salad concoction isn't for the faint of heart (or tastebuds).
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