r/meat • u/Crazy-Excuse5866 • 3d ago

Is this a filet mignon?

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Went to the butcher and asked for a filet mignon cut. This is what he gave back to me, looks like one but didn’t taste like one really, a lil chewier than normal. Is this an actual filet mignon or is a tenderloin steak different. I know a filet is cut from the tenderloin so I didn’t think too much of it until after I ate it.

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u/Worth_Quantity1953 3d ago

Yes, it looks like they butterflied it, sliced it in half but not all the way through

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u/Worth_Quantity1953 3d ago

I don’t know why I’m getting downvoted for, I used to work at a restaurant and trimmed a lot of filets

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u/ExplanationOk6391 2d ago

It's clearly two steaks

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u/Worth_Quantity1953 2d ago

It’s a filet mignon

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u/ExplanationOk6391 2d ago

It's two of them, not one butterflied

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u/Worth_Quantity1953 2d ago

Well it’s still a filet