Chipotle Grilled Filets Recipe

Ingredients

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• Chipotle marinade (see recipe below) shopping list
• 4 filet mignon steaks (about 6 ounces each and 1¼ inches thick) shopping list
• mango salsa (see recipe below) shopping list
• coarse salt shopping list
• Prepare Chipotle marinade. In a non-reactive baking dish or a resealable plastic bag, add the steaks and the Chipotle marinade. Refrigerate 3 to 4 hours or overnight. Meanwhile, prepare the mango salsa. shopping list
• Remove steaks from refrigeration 1 hour before cooking and wipe excess marinade off the steaks. When you are ready to grill, preheat barbecue grill. Place steaks onto hot grill. season the steaks liberally with salt and grill to the desired degree of doneness, about 3 to 4 minutes on each side for medium rare. Use a meat thermometer to test for doneness: shopping list
• Rare - 120°F shopping list
• Medium Rare - 125°F shopping list
• Medium - 130°F shopping list
• When the steaks are crusty-charred and done to your liking, remove from the grill and let sit 15 minutes before serving (meat temperature will rise 5 to 10 degrees after it is removed from the oven). Serve steaks with prepared mango salsa. shopping list
• Makes 4 servings. shopping list
• Chipotle Marinade: shopping list
• ¼ cup olive oil shopping list
• 3 tablespoons canned chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, finely minced* shopping list
• 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice (2 medium limes) shopping list
• 1 tablespoon honey shopping list
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic shopping list
• ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves shopping list
• Pinch of salt shopping list
• * chipotle chiles - dried, smoked jalapenos - can be purchased dried or canned in a spicy adobo sauce. Since dried chiles need to be rehydrated for 20 minutes in warm water, I prefer the convenience of canned-and the adobo sauce is extremely flavorful. shopping list
• Place the olive oil, chipotle chiles, lime juice, honey, garlic, cilantro, and salt in a blender; puree until smooth. shopping list
• mango Salsa: shopping list
• 2 mangoes, peeled and cut lengthwise around the pit into slices and then diced shopping list
• 1½ cups cooked and drained black beans (or canned and drained) shopping list
• ¼ cup diced red bell pepper shopping list
• 2 scallions, green and white parts, sliced shopping list
• ½ jalapeno chile pepper, seeded and minced shopping list
• 1 to 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro leaves shopping list
• juice of 1 lime shopping list
• salt to taste shopping list
• In a medium-size bowl, combine the diced mangoes, black beans, bell pepper, scallions, jalapeno chile, cilantro, and lime juice. season with salt. shopping list