Costco sells beef tenderloin for about $2 less a pound than the pre-cut filet steaks. We spoke to the Costco butcher and he said it is exactly the same quality as the filet meat, but you have to slice it yourself (and remove a few sections of fat). This ends up giving you top-of-the line beef cuts for less than half the price of your average supermarket butcher shop. We felt confident enough in our slicing abilities to save the extra $. Usually Tyler makes melt-in-your-mouth steaks with the filets, but Sunday we tried garlic Kebabs. They were TO DIE FOR!!!
The recipe:
Cube meat (use about 10 to 12 oz. of cubed meat per adult serving).
Soak bamboo skewers in water.
Marinate beef in high-quality Worcestershire sauce for about 4 hours.
Mince about 6 cloves of garlic.Place minced garlic in a half cup of olive oil.
Cube chunks of yellow, red, green bell peppers and SWEET onions.
Take meat out of marinade.
Assemble onto bamboo skewers alternating patterns for a nice presentation.
Brush garlic oil mixture onto beef and veggies.
Next sprinkle coarse Kosher salt (we are quite generous with the salt) on entire kebab followed by fresh ground pepper.
Grill to desired level of perfection. . . we are rare and medium rare people, but we may still forgive you if you like yours well done.
After grilling, drizzle kebabs with melted butter and sprinkle with freshly chopped parsley (or dried).
ENJOY!!!! Serve with warm dinner rolls, veggie trays, and fresh chips and salsa.
Note: The kebabs in the picture above are wrapped in bacon. I actually prefer non-baconized meat. The bacon is just too fatty for me, and is a nuisance to remove. But, if you are a bacon fan like my husband and kids, then go ahead and wrap each cube of filet with a strip of bacon.
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