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From the short loin

Tenderloin

Tenderloin is called Filé mignon in Brazil; Lomo in Argentina and Uruguay; and Filete in Mexico and Chile.

The most tender muscle. Steaks from it are filet mignon. The most tender section. The strip sits on top of the bone, the tenderloin underneath.

Tenderloin around the world

WhereWhat butchers call it
United StatesFilet mignonThick center cut is a Chateaubriand.Also: Tenderloin (South & Texas) · Filet (South & Texas, Midwest)unconfirmed
MexicoFilete
Central AmericaLomitoAlso: Filete (Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá)
ColombiaLomo finoAlso: Lomo viche
VenezuelaLomitoAlso: Rabo de lomo
BrazilFilé mignon
ArgentinaLomo
UruguayLomo
ChileFilete

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