Nick Jonas can do it all. He's a singer, actor, TV personality and…
tuna enthusiast? What's his secret to success?
Keep watching for the surprising ingredient this musical icon adds to his tuna salad.
Back in 2018, Nick Jonas posted a video to his Instagram in which he prepares a quick
and comforting tuna salad recipe in his kitchen — and it's easy to understand why. Tuna salad is
one of the simplest recipes you can prepare for a fast lunch, healthy dinner, or light snack.
It requires few utensils and ingredients and is affordable and convenient, too,
especially because you can use precooked canned tuna.
The first step to make a JoBro-style tuna salad, Jonas explains poetically in his tutorial, is:
"Get this beautiful tuna out of its can and into its new home,
which for the moment is gonna be this bowl here."
Once the tuna is in the bowl, most recipes recommend adding mayonnaise,
Greek yogurt, or another mayonnaise substitute, as well as diced red onion,
chopped celery, and sometimes parsley or carrot. Finally, you should add salt and pepper to taste.
Jonas respects these basics, though he skips the veggies. And then he throws
in an extra surprise — a secret touch that adds the spicy flavor he's known to love.
Evidently a fan of giving his lunches a little kick, Jonas finishes his signature tuna salad
with a few drops of Cholula hot sauce. It seems that this mildly sweet and spicy flavor upgrades
the whole tuna salad experience — as you might be able to tell from his reaction in the video.
"Mm. Wow. Wow!"
Jonas recommends doing your taste test with a clean fork before serving to
make sure you've been, in his words, "intentional with your hot saucing."
So classic tuna salad can be a blank canvas for your own creativity, as
Jonas has shown. And different people will recommend different ingredients that might
enhance the fish's savory flavor. For example, some suggest that sugar will do the trick,
or cilantro, or even hard-boiled eggs. As Jonas himself says:
"Each person is entitled to their own tuna journey, and today you've seen mine."
He goes on to explain that it's all about having a "personal connection" with the tuna,
which is an impressively bohemian attitude to take towards a fish sandwich. Still, Jonas' intuition
drives him towards hot sauce, and why not? Cholula is dabbed on everything from noodles and
burgers to tacos and soups. Now we can add tuna salad to the list — as well as one other treat.
Yes, it appears everyday lunches aren't the only thing Nick Jonas upgrades with hot sauce,
as the pop star is also known to use this condiment in cocktails. As it turns out,
Jonas is a talented bartender with his own creative brand of mixology.
A cocktail he named The Bodega, for example, features rum, club soda, mango iced tea,
and a pinch of Cholula hot sauce! He finishes it with an acidic punch of squeezed lime and orange.
Meanwhile, Nick Jonas' brand of tequila, Villa One, is the key ingredient in his preferred
version of a Bloody Mary, which is called a Bloody Maria. The spicy, red-colored daytime
drink combines savory spices, Worcestershire sauce, lemon, and tomato juice. Jonas keeps
it extra hot with Tabasco and Tapatio hot sauces and a jalapeño garnish. And if you're intrigued,
there's a chance you'll soon be able to try these Jonas-approved drinks in a city near you.
Priyanka Chopra, Jonas' wife, opened a restaurant last year, and now her husband will follow
suit — along with his Villa One business partner, John Varvatos. Jonas and Varvatos plan to open
rooftop bars under the Villa One Tequila Gardens name in multiple cities, including Las Vegas and
Miami. The bar will debut in downtown San Diego, with a variety of cocktails for any time of the
day and, of course, plenty of tequilas to choose while enjoying a nightlife ambience and a live DJ.
Because Jonas is involved, the food menu aims to thrill spice lovers with Mexican flavors,
from classic burritos and tacos to more eccentric fusion creations for happy hour.
As for spicy cocktails, the drinks list includes multiple jalapeño margaritas,
a michelada, and something called an Inferno. The word is still out on whether
or not the bar's "tableside service" will include Jonas' trademark spicy tuna salad.
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