Mexican Stuffed Beef Fillets
- STUFFING
- 2 anaheim chilies, chopped, seed removed or (4 ounce) cans diced green chili peppers
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 4 garlic cloves (less for the timid)
- 1 tablespoon lite olive oil
- 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese, grated
- 3 tablespoons fine breadcrumbs
- 6 beef tenderloin steaks, 1 inch thick
- salt & pepper
- Heat a skillet and cook the onions, peppers and garlic in the tbsp of oil until tender but not brown. Remove from heat and stir in the cheese and breadcrumbs.
- While the stuffing is cooking cut a slit in each steak about 3" long and 1 1/2- 2" deep.
- Season the pockets with salt and pepper.
- Put about 2 tbsp in each steak pocket and secure with wooden toothpicks.
- Cover the steaks and chill.
- You may now BBQ them (this is how I always do them) or broil.
- To BBQ have the heat medium/high.
- Spray the grill with oil and cook uncovered for 5 minutes, flip and continue cooking until they reach desired doneness (7-9 minutes more for medium).
- Check after 5 minutes with a meat thermometer: med-rare 145u0b0F, med 160u0b0F, and well done 175u0b0F.
- Slide the thermometer into the middle on the top piece of steak from the side towards the middle of the steak.
- To broil place steaks 3-4" from heat turning once allowing approx 10 minutes total time.
anaheim chilies, onion, garlic, olive oil, monterey jack cheese, breadcrumbs, tenderloin, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/mexican-stuffed-beef-fillets-25996 (may not work)