Chipotle Grilled Filet Mignon Steak W/Mango Salsa
Ingredients
- 4 filet mignon, steaks (Beef Tenderloin, about 6 ounces each and 1 1/4 inches thick)
- coarse salt ⓘ
- 14 cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons canned chipotle chiles in adobo, finely minced*
- 3 tablespoons freshly-squeezed lime juice (2 medium limes) ⓘ
- 1 tablespoon honey ⓘ
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic ⓘ
- 14 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves ⓘ
- 1 pinch salt ⓘ
- 2 mangoes, peeled and cut lengthwise around the pit into slices and then diced ⓘ
- 14 cup diced red bell pepper ⓘ
- 2 green onions, sliced thin ⓘ
- 12 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced (or to taste) ⓘ
Instructions
- For The Chipotle Marinade: Place the olive oil, chipotle chiles, lime juice, honey, garlic, cilantro and salt in a blender; puree until smooth.
- For The Mango Salsa: In a medium-size bowl, combine the diced mangoes, black beans, bell pepper, scallions, jalapeno chile, cilantro and lime.
- Prepare Chipotle Marinade as described above.
- In a non-reactive baking dish or a resealable plastic bag, add the steaks and the Chipotle Marinade.
- Refrigerate 3 to 4 hours or overnight.
- Remove steaks from refrigeration 1 hour before cooking and wipe excess marinade off the steaks.
- When you are ready to grill, preheat barbecue grill.
- Do not salt your steaks just before cooking.
- Salt brings moisture (water) to the surface of the steak and the water sits on the surface as you cook the steak.
- Thus, you are again basically steaming the steak.
- Salt after the steak is cooked to your liking, has rested the required time and just before serving.
- Place steaks onto hot grill of your barbecue and grill to the desired degree of doneness, about 3 to 4 minutes on each side for medium rare.
- Use a meat thermometer to test for doneness: Rare - 120 degrees F/Medium Rare 125 degrees F/Medium - 130 degrees F.
- When the steaks are crusty-charred and done to your liking, remove from the grill and let sit 15 minutes before serving (meat temperature will rise 5 to 10 degrees after it is removed from the oven).
- Serve your perfectly cooked steaks with the prepared Mango Salsa.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
607
kcal
30% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).