Matthew McConaughey’s Tuna Salad Recipe
Alright (alright, alrighttttt), I tried it! And my expectations weren’t that high, but I made it because it was easy and I wasn’t in the mood to create some complex recipe. This far exceeded my expectations and I ended up making 2 double batches back to back and essentially ate this for an entire week straight. And, I’m not sick of it at all.
This is Matthew McConaughey’s Tuna Salad Recipe. It became popular when he appeared on the 2 Bears, 1 Cave Podcast and talked about his Tuna Salad that he makes every Sunday. It’s pretty excessive with the ingredients, he describes it as “cleaning out the fridge”, but it strangely all works, and in my opinions it is exactly what Tuna Salad needed in order to become crave able.
There is wasabi, corn, peas, agave (I used honey), jalapeño chips (the literal fried jalapeño pieces, not actual potato chips), apple, gherkins (I used regular pickle because I forgot to buy gherkins), and then the other normal ingredients that are involved in making Tuna Salad. The below recipe has been tweaked a little to my liking, and his recipe isn’t exact, so feel free to use it as a blueprint.
I turned it into a delicious sandwich and it is PRETTYYYYYY delightful. Enjoy!
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Pyrex Glass Bowls
All Clad Measuring Cups
Shun Cleaver
Lemon Juicer
Le Creuset Braiser
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Matthew McConaughey's Tuna Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 oz high-quality canned tuna packed in oil
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise, plus more if you like extra mayo
- 2 teaspoons+ wasabi paste (or less) I used 1 tablespoon
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar
- 1/3 cup dill pickle gherkins, finely diced
- 1/4 cup red onions, finely diced
- 1/3 cup crispy jalapeno chips
- 1/3 cup apple, chopped
- 1/2 cup corn kernels (I like Trader Joe's fire roasted frozen corn)
- 1/3 cup frozen peas
- 8 slices of sourdough bread
- Butter
- 16 slices of Swiss cheese
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together the mayo, wasabi paste, honey, and apple cider vinegar. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, add in the canned tuna, pickles, apple, corn, red onion, peas, and jalapeño chips. Drizzle the mayo mixture on top, and then gently fold everything together until everything is fully coated. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- When ready to assemble the tuna sandwiches, butter one side of each slice of bread. In a large pan heated over medium heat, add the bread (in batches) butter-side down. On half of the bread slices, add two slices of cheese. Cover with a lid until cheese is melted. Remove and continue with other bread slices.
- Add generous dollops of MM's Tuna Salad on top of cheesy toasted bread, top with other slice of bread and enjoy!
