Perfect steak sandwich

[BigBill]

I worked in a fast food joint as a kid. We took a whole filet minion and butter fly slices. We cut one slice but stopped before the bottom. Then we cut the next cut through. Then pounded the butterfly cut flat. Throw them on the gas grill, baste them with BBQ sauce and they were so tender.

When the owner left for the afternoon we took the filet minion dinner cuts, cut them in half and put them on hard rolls. These were awesome medium rare.

Sometimes we just gotta.....

 

[alwslate]

Good thing they didn't have security cams to spy on employees waaay
back then huh :>)

 

[coltle6920]

Haven't seen filet mignon around my stores for a couple of years and it was going for $16/lb back then..Ribeyes are going for $13/lb when not on sale.The last thing I would do to a piece of prime meat is drown it in BBQ sauce on a roll.

I'm curious as to what kind of "fast food" place used filet mignon.

 

[soFlaNative]

Local place (Sonny's) uses rib eye in a Philly cheesesteak.

 

[Cpo1944]

Local place (Sonny's) uses rib eye in a Philly cheesesteak.

Because that is what all of the real Philly cheese stakes are made form.

 

[chaparrito]

Unless you cook it into shoe leather, filet is always tender. To me tender is all it's got going for it. Almost no flavor. That's why it's always gussied up with bacon or peppercorn sauce or minced into steak tartare with added onions and capers.

My favorite inexpensive cut for steak sammies or even stand alone steaks is the Chuck Eye Steak. Poor man's ribeye. They're cut from the 5th rib so there are only two per cow. Sorta hard to find. Almost as well marbled as ribeye and nearly as tender, half the price. Look for them. Thank me later.

 

[mtgianni]

What fast food joint has Fillet? Most of them my kids worked at had mystery meet in a cooler.
If you take that fillet, whether it is venison, beef or elk and slice it thin, 1/8" to 1/4" then fry it in butter for long enough to brown it. Add some tomatoes, onion and mustard/mayo you have some great eating food.

 

[Speedo2]

The best that I've ever had was in a small bar in Baltimore City, somewhere off of Bellaire Rd.; down near Walther Blvd. On Sundays, back when the Colts were still in town, they'd open a BBQ pit and sell sandwiches (for around $4.50, which back then was not chump change, at least to me).

Sliced brisket on a Kaiser roll, with raw onions, tomato, horseradish, salt & pepper. That, along with a National Premium (or two), and Bert Jones not getting injured would make for a nice day. -S2

 

[Delta Expatriate]

Agree with Chaparrito on the chuck eye steaks.

 

[4011]

I had balogana today!

 

[ralph7]

I had balogana today!

Is that the enhanced version of bologna??

 

[4011]

Spell check

Is that the enhanced version of bologna??

No Sir! Spell check just don't fix things that need fixin.

 

[BearBio]

What fast food joint has Fillet? Most of them my kids worked at had mystery meet in a cooler.
If you take that fillet, whether it is venison, beef or elk and slice it thin, 1/8" to 1/4" then fry it in butter for long enough to brown it. Add some tomatoes, onion and mustard/mayo you have some great eating food.

One proviso: fry some garlic in the butter first. My wife swore venison was better than elk until I made her a sandwich that way! I prefer a little grated horseradish rather than mustard/mayo. And a little lettuce!

 

[ordy]

Big difference between a steak sandwich you get in a real restaurant vs. a steak/hoagie shop. In a hoagie shop, it's as much about the roll as it is about the meat. Oh, has to have fried onions on it as well.