Filet Mignon Recipe
Filet mignon at home — steakhouse style, pan seared, bacon-wrapped, blue cheese crusted, or with bordelaise sauce, for the nights you want something special.
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dinnerFilet Mignon (Steakhouse Style)
A $50 steak in your home
Ingredients
- 1 Filet Mignon Cut
- ¼ stick Unsalted butter
- 1 tspn Salt
- 1 tspn Freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- 1Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- 2Ground salt and pepper onto each side of the steak
- 3Heat up the butter in a pan on high
- 4When the butter melts, sear sides of steak for 2-3 minutes aside. Continue to scoop butter on top of steak throughout.
- 5Put steak in oven for 6-8 minutes for medium rare
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Open in Pepper →A Good Steak Doesn't Need Much Help
Filet mignon is the cut you buy when the night matters. It's tender enough that salt, pepper, butter, and a hot pan do most of the work, which makes it one of the easier steaks to cook well.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these on anniversaries and birthdays, on Friday nights when nobody wants to go out, and any time there are two nice steaks in the fridge and an hour to spare.
Every recipe here is filet mignon and what goes with it: Filet Mignon (Steakhouse Style), Pan Seared Filet Mignon, Bacon-wrapped Filet Mignon, Blue cheese crusted Filet Mignon, Filet Mignon with Bordelaise Sauce, Filet Mignon Pinwheels, and Filet Mignon with Shrimp Pasta.
Quick Tips
- 1
Let the steaks warm up
Pull filets from the fridge 30 to 40 minutes before cooking and pat them dry. A room-temperature, dry surface browns instead of steaming.
- 2
Get the pan screaming hot
Heat cast iron over high heat for 4 to 5 minutes before the steak goes in, then sear 3 to 4 minutes per side without moving it.
- 3
Baste with butter
In the last 2 minutes, add a couple tablespoons of butter and tilt the pan, spooning it over the steaks 8 or 10 times.
- 4
Rest before you cut
Move the filets to a plate and let them sit 5 to 10 minutes so the juices stay in the meat instead of on the board.
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