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Medicine Lodge Filet Mignon "Fricassée"

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Filet mignon, the tenderloin cut, is one of the leanest cuts of meat. Executive chef Chad Luethje makes this steak house favorite even healthier by trimming the fat to 1D8 of an inch and substituting cooking spray for butter in the pan.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

Fricassee

Vegetable-oil cooking spray
1/2 lb shiitake mushrooms (about 1 cup), stemmed and cut into thin strips
1/2 lb (about 3) Roma tomatoes, cored and cut into thin strips
1 tsp fresh chives, cut into 1D4-inch pieces
1 cup Cabernet Sauvignon
1 pint demi-glace (found at gourmet and butcher shops)

Meat

Vegetable-oil cooking spray
6 lean beef tenderloin fillets (4 oz each), fat trimmed to 1/8 inch

Preparation

  1. For fricassee:

    Step 1

    Coat a heavy-bottomed sauté pan or saucepan with cooking spray and place over high heat. Add mushrooms and sauté until semisoft, about 40 seconds. Season with salt. Stir in tomatoes and sauté another 30 seconds or so. Add chives and stir. Pour in just enough Cabernet Sauvignon to cover bottom of pan (deglazing the pan with wine keeps food from sticking and helps blend flavors). Reduce until liquid becomes syrupy. Stir in demi-glace. Bring mixture to a simmer and reduce until it coats back of spoon.

  2. For meat:

    Step 2

    Heat oven to 400°F. Thoroughly coat a heavy-bottomed pan with cooking spray and place on burner over high heat. Season fillets with salt and pepper. Sauté both sides until brown and slightly crusty, about 1 minute per side. Place meat in a shallow pan in oven for 5 minutes, which will cook the meat to medium, or adjust cooking time to desired degree of doneness. Transfer each fillet to a plate and ladle fricassee on top. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Per Serving

Nutritional analysis per serving 260 calories
9.5 g fat (2.8 g saturated fat)
10.5 g carbohydrates
27.4 g protein
0.7 g fiber
#### Nutritional analysis provided by Self
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