This Pan Seared Filet Mignon is incredibly tender, juicy, and super tasty. Smothered in flavorful Blue Cheese Butter for a melt in your mouth easy and affordable restaurant quality meal at home.
This post is sponsored by Salemville, as always all opinions are my own
I love steak! As a matter of fact if I had to pick a “last meal”, steak would be it! What I don’t enjoy so much is the high prices one pays at steakhouses and fancy restaurants. I always feel I can buy the steak for a fraction of the price and cook it myself!
How To Make Blue Cheese Butter
Compound butters are so easy to make and add such a nice touch to steaks and vegetables. The 3-ingredients Blue Cheese Butter comes together so easily and delivers a ton of flavor. No special equipment or gadgets needed. Just soften the butter (room temperature butter makes it easier!) and mix it with Blue Cheese Crumbles and chopped parsley.
How To Cook Filet Mignon
- For this recipe I combine the pan seared method with the oven method of cooking steak.
- Choose a steak that is 1 1/2 to 2-inch thick.
- Bring your steak to room temperature before cooking and make sure you pat them dry with paper towels before seasoning them.
- Season your filet mignon steaks generously with salt and pepper.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Heat up a cast iron skillet or any heavy stainless steel skillet over medium high heat. Add oil.
- When the oil is hot add the filet mignon steaks to the skillet and sear for 3 minutes per side.
- Once seared on both sides, add the aromatics (garlic cloves, thyme and rosemary) Place in the oven and cook for 3 minutes.
- Carefully remove the skillet from the oven and divide the blue cheese butter among the 4 steaks and return to the oven for a minute or two or until the desired temperature is reached.
- After removing from the oven tent the steaks with aluminum foil and let them rest before cutting through them!
Kathy’s Notes
- Serve this delicious Pan Seared Filet Mignon with Parmesan Herb Easy Skillet Potatoes or simple sauteed vegetables like asparagus or green beans.
- Get creative by adding other seasonings to the Blue Cheese Butter like chopped fresh thyme, lemon zest and cracked black peppercorns!
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Pan Seared Steak with Blue Cheese Butter
Ingredients
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup Blue Cheese, crumbled
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 4 (1 1/2-inch) filet mignons, brought to room temperature
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 2 rosemary sprigs
- 2 thyme sprigs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
- In a small bowl, mix together the butter, blue cheese and chopped parsley. Mix well to combine. Reserve.
- Liberally season the steak with salt and ground black pepper.
- Heat a cast iron or stainless steel skillet over medium high heat until hot. Add the oil and swirl the skillet to coat the bottom. When the oil is hot, add the steaks.
- Sear the steak for 3 minutes per side flipping once.
- Once seared on both sides, add the garlic cloves, thyme and rosemary. Place in the oven and cook for 3 minutes. Carefully remove the skillet from the oven (it is hot) and divide the blue cheese butter among the 4 steaks.
- Return to the oven and cook for 1 - 2 additional minutes or until desired temperature. 110 for rare, 120 for medium rare, 130 for medium, 145 for medium well and 150 for well done.
- Remove from the oven and tent with aluminum foil. Let the meat rest for 5 to 10 minutes.
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Julia says
Oh, I bet this blue cheese butter would be perfect to spread over slices of baguette and then toast in the oven for a few minutes! This restaurant quality meal at home is exactly what I usually want around the holidays. It would be an amazing Valentine’s Day meal!
Kathy says
Thank you! Blue cheese butter on toast… I like the way you think!! I think this is a great Valentine’s dish as well! Thanks again!
Amanda says
I love Filet Mignon, and that blue cheese butter looks like it takes it to the next level of deliciousness! What a great way to make an already luxurious cut of meat even more special. So perfect for a holiday or special occasion dinner, even better than going to the steakhouse!
Kathy says
Thank you! Very special for sure!
Leah says
I love everything about this recipe, and I cannot wait to try it! Filet Mignon just screams the holiday season to me, and that blue cheese butter sounds so awesome, I am almost drooling thinking about it! I cannot wait to try this out!
Kathy says
Thank you Leah!!!
Becky says
This is a fabulous dish!! Thank you Kathy!! Love BLUE cheese, do you have more recipes with it?
Kathy says
Thank you! I have a wild rice salad with Blue cheese!
Amy says
This filet mignon looks insanely good. Like so mouth-wateringly tender and juicy good. I’m going to have to make this for my husband for Valentine’s Day since he’s a big fan of bleu cheese (although I would have to leave it off mine because I’m one of those people who has a really strong negative reaction toward it! I want to love it but I just can’t! sob!)
Kathy says
Thank you, Hahahaha I get it. I used to hate goat cheese while I was attending culinary school. I felt like everything had goat cheese! Now I love it! Tastes change but yes, you can always do herb butter instead!
Sarah says
I want that blue cheese butter, and I want to smother it all over ALL THE THINGS! That’s really the most incredible topping- we’re major blue cheese fans in my house! (And all that butter- YUM!)
Kathy says
Definitely a decadent dish! Thanks
lisa says
This is about the only time of year that we eat red meat more than 1x/month — and I love the sound of the blue cheese butter to embellish a filet mignon. This sounds like a delicious way to celebrate Christmas or New Year’s Eve. What type of wine would go well with that combo, do you think?
Neli @ Delicious Meets Healthy says
This filet mignon looks so delicious and juicy!! And topped with that blue cheese – perfection! Can’t wait to try it!
Kathy says
Thank you!! So easy to make too!!
Carol Randall says
Wow! This looks amazing. Definitely making this soon. Pinned!
Kathy says
Thank you!
Michele Hall says
Dang girl! That is making me want steak and blue cheese butter for breakfast…. that seriously makes me hungry! Pinned it to try VERY soon!
Kathy says
Thank you! It really comes together easily and very quickly!