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Filet mignon substitutes

Filet mignon is the traditional name in United States. Elsewhere, butchers sell the same piece — or a close cousin — under a different name.

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Substitutes for Filet mignon that can be delivered rather than hunted down at a counter.

Lomo

🇦🇷 Argentina · Close substitute

Lomo

Filet mignon steaks — cut from the same tenderloin as lomo

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Chateaubriand

🇫🇷 France · Close substitute

Chateaubriand

Filet mignon steaks — the same tenderloin, cut as steaks

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United States

Petite tenderapproximate

Marketed as the "second-most-tender muscle in the steer" after the tenderloin. Petite tender shares the long, narrow, very-fine-grain character of filet mignon at a fraction of the price; the trade-off is less marbling and a slightly more pronounced beefy flavour.

Argentina

Lomoclose substitute

Filet mignon is a steak portioned from the tenderloin — same muscle, with filet mignon specifically referring to the thick round individual steak cut.

France

Chateaubriandclose substitute

Same muscle (tenderloin); Chateaubriand is the thick centre section, filet mignon is the smaller tail-end medallion.

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