Bacon-wrapped filet mignon is not only delicious – it is truly an impressive dish that is super easy and fast to make!
Last week I recreated a most spectacular dinner for my husband! This dinner not only was reminiscent of the first dinner he made me, but it was just down-right delicious! When he served me this dinner, I was completed swept off my feet. He thought of so many details and had a beautiful spread ready for us to enjoy.
Now that I turned the tables on my hubby and recreated his menu, I learned just how easy it is to pull off this rather impressive and romantic dinner.
It is this easy…
How to Make Easy Bacon-Wrapped Filet Mignon
Ingredients:
- Two beautiful filet mignons approximately one inch thick
- Two pieces of uncooked bacon
- Kitchen twine
- 1 Tablespoon Butter
- Salt and Pepper
- Oven-Safe Cast Iron Skillet
Directions:
- Allow your steaks to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Wrap strip of bacon around the edge of your steak. Stretch bacon a bit if it is needed so that it can fully encase the edge.
- Secure the bacon onto the steak using kitchen twine.
- Generously season steak with salt and pepper.
- Heat a large oven-safe cast iron skillet over medium-high heat and allow it to get hot.
- Add butter to the hot pan and swirl pan to coat evenly with the melted butter.
- After the butter begins to bubble, add the steaks to the pan. Sear each side for 2 minutes.
- Transfer pan directly to the oven. Cook the steaks until they reach your desired doneness. Tuning once at mid-point. Refer to the chart below for times. Use a meat thermometer at the thickest part of the meat to determine doneness.
- When steaks are done, remove from the oven and transfer to a clean plate. Cover with foil and let rest 5-6 minutes to allow juices to redistribute.
- Remove twine from steaks before serving.
Here is a steak doneness chart for a one-inch thick steak
- Rare: (120°- 130°F) Five minutes on the first side and three minutes after turning.
- Medium Rare: (130°-140°F) Five minutes on the first side and four minutes after turning.
- Medium: (140°-150°F) Six minutes on the first side and four minutes after turning.
- Well Done: (160°-170°F) Eight minutes on the first side and six minutes after turning.
While the steaks were in the oven, I “grilled” my seasoned asparagus on the stove using a grill pan. I simply seasoned the asparagus with a bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Using tongs, I tossed the asparagus to rotate and cook evenly. As I had very thin and young asparagus, it cooked up very quickly – five minutes.
I had cleaned and ready salad greens. I simply topped with salad fixings that I picked up from the grocery store’s salad bar. This was super easy, and I tossed it all together with favorite bottled balsamic dressing.
Here is a printable version of the recipe for you:
Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon
Ingredients
- Two filet mignons approximately one inch thick
- Two pieces of uncooked bacon
- Kitchen twine
- 1 Tablespoon Butter
- Salt and Pepper
- Oven-Safe Cast Iron Skillet
Instructions
- Allow your steaks to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Wrap strip of bacon around the edge of your steaks. Stretch bacon a bit if it is needed so that it can fully encase the edge.
- Secure the bacon onto the steak using kitchen twine.
- Generously season steak with salt and pepper.
- Heat a large oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat and allow it to get hot.
- Add butter to the hot pan and swirl pan to coat evenly with the melted butter.
- After the butter begins to bubble, add the steaks to the pan. Sear each side for 2 minutes.
- Transfer pan directly to the oven. Cook the steaks until they reach your desired doneness. Tuning once at mid-point. Refer to the chart on blog post. Use a meat thermometer at the thickest part of the meat to determine doneness.
- When steaks are done, remove from the oven and transfer to a clean plate. Cover with foil and let rest 5-6 minutes to allow juices to redistribute.
- Remove twine from steaks before serving.
Enjoy! This is a super easy and oh-so delicious and impressive dinner!
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Okay, so I ended up making this last night for Valentine’s Day…Oh.my.word!! It was amazing! Neither my husband or I could stop talking about how delicious it was. Thanks so much for sharing!
Oh! My sister would die for this! She loves, meat, bacon and asparagus!
that looks delish! I mena you can’t go wrong with bacon or filet.
Give me everything wrapped in bacon and i’ll be the happiest person in the world. The dish looks amazing can’t wait to try this at home
My absolute favorite. Thank you!
Im down for almost anything wrapped in bacon, and definitely some Filet!
Yum! This is my husband’s favorite, so I make this for him on Valentine’s Day and his birthday.
I don’t eat meat anymore and have never had bacon, but this looks like a beautiful meal to serve. I’m going to try grilling my asparagus next time I make it. I usually roast it.
This looks so delicious. I have never thought about making this at home before but I am certainly going to try.
This does look easy! It’s m y husbands favorite dish. I’ll have to try this at home now!
Not that I’m not already 😉 but I would be queen of the moms if I made this for my daughter. Asparagus and all.
I love filet mignon!!! And asparagus – so basically love everything about this meal! We took a cooking class and learned how to cook a perfect filet and it is just like you did! It was SOOOO good!!!
Love the recipe. It looks so fancy but so easy.
My husband would go nuts if I made this for him! And now that I’m thinking about it, I’m still trying to decide what I’ll be making for Valentine’s Day dinner. This may just be the winner! Thanks for sharing!!
That looks so amazing and I love asparagus too, so that is a great meal right there!
This looks amazing. My husband loves filet. In fact, we went to a Brazilian steakhouse for our early Valentines Day date last weekend and all he wanted was bacon wrapped filet. He hardly ate any of the other meats offered. Thanks for sharing. Pinned the recipe.
Oh my goodness! This looks like heaven on earth in a meal. But then of course you had me at bacon! 🙂
I am definitely going to show this to my husband. He is our meat cooker and loves a good piece of meat. And bacon. Must have the bacon.
What a wonderful dinner! It looks delicious and impressive. Such a great idea to recreate a special dinner and relive the memories.