Mushroom Crusted Beef Tenderloin

Name: Mushroom Crusted Beef Tenderloin
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 680 grams beef tenderloin steaks, about 1 1/2-inch thick; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 2 Tbsps dried chives; 1 Tbsp dried tarragon; 1 teaspoons pureed garlic; 4 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 14 grams package dried mushrooms, or more if needed

Mushroom Crusted Beef Tenderloin is a gluten free and primal recipe with 4 servings. This main course has 462 calories, 38g of protein, and 33g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up mushrooms, butter, tarragon, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 30 minutes.

Instructions

Mix the butter, chives, tarragon, and garlic together in a bowl until well-blended.

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Tarragon

Butter

Chives

Garlic

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Bowl

Place the butter mixture on a large piece of plastic wrap. Wrap the butter with the plastic and shape it into a log about 1-inch thick.

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Butter

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Place the log in the refrigerator to chill.

Season the beef tenderloin steaks with salt and black pepper.

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Tenderloin Steak

Salt And Pepper

Place the dried mushrooms in a spice grinder or food processor. Process until the mushrooms are finely ground.

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Mushrooms

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Food Processor

Spread some of the ground mushroom on a plate. Press each steak into the mushroom powder until well coated, adding more mushroom to the plate as necessary.

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Mushroom Powder

Mushrooms

Spread

Steak

Melt about 2 tablespoons herb butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Arrange the steaks in the skillet and cook until they start to firm, and are reddish-pink and juicy in the center, about 6 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 130 degrees F (54 degrees C) for medium rare, 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) for medium. Top each steak with 1 teaspoon herb butter before serving.

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Butter

Steak

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