Mexican Stuffed Beef Fillets

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 anaheim chilies, chopped, seed removed or 2 (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

Recipe

• 1 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.
• 2 while the stuffing is cooking cut a slit in each steak about 3" long and 1 1/2- 2" deep.
• 3 season the pockets with salt and pepper.
• 4 put about 2 tbsp in each steak pocket and secure with wooden toothpicks.
• 5 cover the steaks and chill.
• 6 you may now bbq them (this is how i always do them) or broil.
• 7 to bbq have the heat medium/high.
• 8 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).
• 9 check after 5 minutes with a meat thermometer: med-rare 145°f, med 160°f, and well done 175°f.
• 10 slide the thermometer into the middle on the top piece of steak from the side towards the middle of the steak.
• 11 to broil place steaks 3-4" from heat turning once allowing approx 10 minutes total time.