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What Camila McConaughey thinks of Matthew’s tuna salad recipe

Matthew McConaughey may claim to be a “master tuna salad maker,” but Camila Alves McConaughey is setting the record straight.

The model, who works with Crock-Pot, shared with PEOPLE what she thinks True detective The star’s internet-shattering creation.

The How to lose a man in 10 days Star told the 2 bears, 1 cave Podcast hosts shared his unique tuna salad recipe in a now-viral clip earlier this month.

“I’m a master at making tuna salad,” McConaughey began, before explaining to Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer the “long list of all sorts of things” that go into making “tough tuna.” “It starts with the base, you get the good tuna,” he began, explaining that for the base he adds lemon, vinegar and mayonnaise mixed with wasabi. The list of sides is long and extensive, ranging from chopped red onions to finely diced dill pickles to crispy jalapeño slices, apples, agave, corn and frozen peas.

Matthew further explained that it needed to sit overnight for the finishing touches. “As you know, as every redneck knows, is it better now? Or is it better to cover it after you put it in the fridge the next day, it’s all curdled, all the flavors are right, you sit there, now I’ve hit the jackpot.”

The internet was just as horrific as Segura and screamers as were clips of people recreating this Dazed and confused The actor’s recipe, but his wife, to whom he was married for 12 years, supported her husband.

Before she was even asked about the controversial tuna salad, the Women of Today founder told PEOPLE that Matthew makes a “great” tuna salad.

Camila McConaughey.

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“He’s a master of tuna salad. “Anyone who tries to reproduce it doesn’t even come close,” Camila continued, careful not to reveal any tricks to Matthew’s craft. “But it’s not just a traditional tuna salad. He puts everything possible in there. I don’t want to reveal his secrets because I don’t know what he shared.”

However, when she heard he spilled the recipe, Camila raved about the dish even more.

While grilling steaks is Matthew’s “domain,” Camila explained how the whole family gets involved in the cooking.

“Everyone in the family cooks. Even my 11-year-old cooks Sunday breakfast and stuff like that, he’s in charge of it,” said the co-founder of Pantalones Organic Tequila. “Everyone cooks, everyone helps clean. And when I need help from outside the family, I get help because I feel like sometimes we need help and we have to ask for it.”

The couple has sons Levi (16) and Livingston (11) and daughter Vida (14).

Alves, who works with Crock-Pot, explained that cooking in her house looks a little different on game days.

Matthew McConaughey at the University of Texas football game.

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The University of Texas football-loving family attends the game when it’s a home game (“We can’t miss it!” Camila said), but stays home and watches it on TV when it’s an away game.

“We’re in the house cooking and gathering and the boys are throwing football passes left and right and I’m usually in the kitchen preparing things,” she explained, adding that she also likes to cook sometimes. Being the chef means that Missing out on fun. “When everyone is watching the game, sitting, having a drink, passing footballs, telling inside jokes and so on, I’m in the kitchen. Then I’ll clean everything up and get the kitchen in order.”

When she’s just cooking for a watch party, the mother of three needs the right tools like the Crock-Pot MultiMeal Multicooker: “I can do two things at once and have everything done.”

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