Herb Crusted Filet Mignon with Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Prep Time: 1 hour

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Servings: 3

 

Mashed Potato Ingredients:

  • 3 lbs yukon gold potatoes

  • 4 cloves garlic, crushed

  • 4 liters of water for boiling

  • 3 tsp salt for water

  • 3 tsp salt for mashed potatoes (salt to taste)

  • 1 tsp black pepper

  • 2 oz butter (I used salted, but salt to your liking)

  • 1/2 cup coconut milk (or regular milk, or cream)

  • 1/4 cup olive oil 

 

Caramelized Onion Ingredients:

  • 1 sweet yellow onion, sliced into 1/4 inch long slivers

  • 4 tbsp avocado oil (or olive oil)


Filet Ingredients:

  • 2 6 oz filet mignon

  • 2 oz butter

  • 1 tsp paprika

  • 1/2 tsp dried basil

  • 1/2 tsp onion powder

  • 1/2 tsp chili flakes

  • 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

  • 1/2 tsp salt

  • 1 1/2 tbsp dijon mustard

  • 1/4 tsp black pepper

  • 4 cloves garlic, diced

  • 3 tbsp chives, diced

  • 3 tbsp parsley, diced

  • 3 tbsp lemon juice or juice of half of a lemon


Instructions:

Garlic Mashed Potatoes: 

  1. Wash potatoes, peel, and chop into 1 inch cubes

  2. Smash 4 garlic cloves and peel off skin

  3. Add garlic and potatoes to a large pot filled with 4L of cold water

  4. Add 3 tsp of salt to pot and bring to a boil on med-high heat

  5. Once it has reached boiling point, let it boil for 12 minutes or until fork tender

  6. Pour into a strainer and add potatoes and garlic back to the pot over low heat or simmer

  7. Melt cream and butter together in microwave for 30 seconds

  8. Add butter, coconut milk, and olive oil, and pepper to pot

  9. Mash everything together with a potato masher and stir with a spoon until you have desired texture (don’t overmix or will become starchy instead of smooth)

  10. Add desired amount of salt (I used 3 tsp)


Caramelized Onions:

  1. Heat pan to med-high heat 

  2. Once heated, add avocado oil to heavily coat the pan 

  3. Add sliced onions to pan

  4. Stir often until onions become transparent and soft


Filet Mignon:

  1. Dice garlic, chives, and parsley

  2. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon

  3. Prep your spices before next step

  4. To a low heated pan, add butter, dijon, spices, herbs, and lemon juice

  5. Mix everything together so it's evenly dispersed 

  6. Place both filets onto pan and cook on low for around 8 minutes, drizzling the buttery sauce over the meat while it's cooking

  7. Once flipped, repeat the same step until meat is cooked to your liking (I cooked to medium rare which was about 8 minutes low heat on both sides for me)


Plating:

  1. Place garlic mashed potatoes onto plate 

  2. Add caramelized onions on the potatoes

  3. Finally, add filet on top and spoon the buttery sauce from the pan

  4. Add fresh parsley as a garnish. Enjoy!

Back to blog