Roasted Beef Tenderloin

Lani

ingredients

1
Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
2
Trim away most of the fat on the tenderloin, removing all of the silver cartilage.
3
Generously season the tenderloin with seasoned salt and rub it in with your fingers.
4
Generously season the tenderloin with lemon pepper.
5
Put peppercorns in ziploc bag and smash with mallet or can to break them up.
6
Heat olive oil in an iron skillet and sear one side of the tenderloin. Add 2 tbsp. butter to the pan. Two minutes later, flip the tenderloin and sear the other side.
7
Remove from skillet and place tenderloin on an oven pan with a rack. Sprinkle and press the peppercorns into every nook and cranny of the meat.
8
Slice several tablespoons of butter and place on top of the tenderloin.
9
Stick a meat thermometer lengthwise into the tenderloin. Place meat in a 475 degree oven until the temperature reaches just under 140 degrees, about 15 - 20 minutes.
10
Slice and serve.