Beef Tenderloin

[IndyWS6]

Step 1 - sharpen the knives…

 

[IndyWS6]

Expose the beef… it’s expensive, but it will yield several filet steaks, beef chunks for “Mongolian Beef” stir fry and I’ll render the fat for other recipes..,

 

[IndyWS6]

Several steaks plus “chunks” for stir fry,”…

 

[IndyWS6]

P.S. don’t judge my trimming. Filets need a bit of fat for flavor…

 

[Monkey Man]

Would've been awesome man.

If I've learned one thing from all the food threads, it's that you know your stuff bro'.

 

[IndyWS6]

P.S. don’t judge my trimming. Filets need a bit of fat for flavor

Would've been awesome man.

If I've learned one thing from all the food threads, it's that you know your stuff bro'.

Everything I know about cooking I learned from Google and Food Network

 

[Robostyle]

P.S. don’t judge my trimming. Filets need a bit of fat for flavor…

No judgement here. As long as you remove the silverskin all is good.
I've wrapped a tenderloin in fat and tied it up with butcher twine and roasted it whole, one of the juiciest tenderloins i ever had.

 

[Monkey Man]

Everything I know about cooking I learned from Google and Food Network

... except that you used to be a pro chef didn't you?

 

[IndyWS6]

... except that you used to be a pro chef didn't you?

No. I’ve lucked in to a few local and workplace competition wins, but I have no formal training. Enthusiastic hobbyist

 

[Monkey Man]

Ah gotcha; thanks mate.

You're still a boss "in the kitchen" 'though.

 

[IndyWS6]

Ah gotcha; thanks mate.

You're still a boss "in the kitchen" 'though.

I try… I have more cooking doo-dads and grilling/smoking widgets than most would consider reasonable.

Tonight’s menu? The aforementioned filets on the Weber, portobello mushrooms in a butter/Zip Sauce reduction, baked/sweet potatoes and a TBD vegetable. Sounds fancy, but it’s steak and taters

 

[Monkey Man]

Wow man, I know if I tasted that it'd be the best thing I've had all year.

Guaranteed. If you saw my diet you'd agreee 100%.

 

[Robostyle]

Curious about butter/zip sauce reduction. Any details on this?

 

[IndyWS6]

Curious about butter/zip sauce reduction. Any details on this?

I’d never heard of Zip sauce until i started traveling to Michigan for work. Nearly all of the restaurants serve it with steak. Very “umami”-ish and kind of a Worcestershire adjacent flavor. There’s dozens of recipes, but none I tried came close. Surprisingly, my local Meijer started carrying a bottled version a couple years ago that’s quite good. Availability is hit & miss, so I grab a few bottles anytime I see it. Melt a stick of butter in a skillet, add the sauce and reduce.

 

[Robostyle]

Thank you, i'll check that out for sure!