• Recipes
  • Equipment Reviews
  • Taste Tests
  • How to Cook
  • Videos

Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Filet Mignon

From

August/September 2007

Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Filet Mignon

Expensive filet mignon is a tender cut of beef, but its lean nature means it can be short on flavor. It’s no wonder that many recipes say to wrap a slice of rich, smoky bacon around the steak, which adds flavor and moisture. But the combination of bacon and high heat (the traditional heat for steaks) is a recipe for disaster. Microwaving the bacon in our Bacon-Wrapped Filet Mignon recipe between two plates kept it from shrinking and made it easier to wrap around the filets. To get the bacon crisp and caramelized, we sprinkled it with a little sugar. A second slice or raw bacon wrapped around each bacon-wrapped filet basted the meat as it cooked, adding even more bacon flavor. To get a nice char from cooking beef over high heat, we removed the extra bacon, moved the steaks to the hottest part of the grill, and quickly seared one side until the meat was a perfect medium-rare.

Serves 4

Evenly shaped, center-cut tenderloin steaks work best here.

Ingredients

The recipe you requested is for
Members Only.

Start Your 14-Day Free Trial Membership

Every Recipe. Every Rating. Every Video from
Every Magazine & Every Episode!
  • 8 years of Cook’s Country Foolproof Recipes
  • Complete Cook’s Country TV Video Library
  • 2,900+ Equipment Ratings and Ingredient Taste Tests
  • Step-by-Step Technique Photos
  • Save Favorites, Create Menus, Print Shopping Lists
How we use your e-mail address
Christopher Kimball, Founder and Publisher

Dear Home Cook,

If I were new to CooksCountry.com, I might think, "It's easy to get free recipes on the Internet. What makes your recipes different?" Well, unlike recipes from blogs, message boards, and other recipe sites, our recipes are exhaustively tested by our team of full-time test cooks until they offer consistently great results. That means fried chicken with a crunchy coating and moist meat, a low-fat recipe makeover for macaroni and cheese that’s as creamy and cheesy as the full-fat version, and fork-tender slow cooker pot roast.

We're obsessive in our quest to find and foolproof the best of American home cooking, from fuss-free weeknight dinners, to updated, simplified versions of regional specialties, to slow cooker and make ahead meals. CooksCountry.com is the only place you can find every foolproof recipe published in Cook’s Country magazine since 2005, plus objective ratings and test results from both Cook’s Country and Cook’s Illustrated for cookware and supermarket ingredients.

Let me make a simple, no-nonsense offer. Try out our website FREE for a 14-Day, No-Hassle Trial Offer. I’m pretty confident that CooksCountry.com will quickly become an invaluable resource for everything from a quick Tuesday supper to your next get-together with family and friends.

Thanks for your consideration,

Christopher Kimball

Christopher Kimball
Founder and Publisher

How we use your e-mail address
Related Content
© 2013 America’s Test Kitchen. All rights reserved.