Spicy Filet Mignon With Grilled Sweet Onion
"From Cooking Light (May 2005)."
photo by Pam-I-Am
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- cooking spray
- 2 cups vidalia onions or 2 cups other sweet onion, sliced
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 (4 ounce) filet mignon
directions
- Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat.
- Coat pan with cooking spray.
- Add onion; sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper.
- Cook 8 minutes or until browned, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from pan; keep warm.
- Combine garlic powder and next 5 ingredients (everything except the meat) in a small bowl; sprinkle this mixture over both sides of beef.
- Add beef to pan; grill 5 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness.
- Serve topped with grilled onions.
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Reviews
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I have never had a filet mignon I did not like. This was good, but not my favorite preparation. Next time perhaps I will try it grilled like one of the other reviewers who rated this recipe outstanding -- that could be the differences. I liked the mixture of spices, and the onion topping. -
I thought it was fantastic. Although I grilled it rather than pan frying (just couldn't do that to an expensive cut of meat!). The spices worked well together. I wouldn't change a thing. -
Perfect cooking instructions! My husband couldn't believe I wasn't going to grill these. I wanted to follow directions as written and they turned out perfect, pink on the inside and juicy. The grilled onions were fantastic on it as well. The only change I would make my next time making this is to drasticly reduce, or leave out the cumin. It was just too strong in the spice mix. It overpowered all the others. I didn't enjoy the taste of cunin on steak either. I did feel a tiny bit of heat from the red pepper and if some like it spicier, add more! Again, a great steak from this recipe. Pam :-)
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My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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