what is a filet

A fillet or filet is a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish). The term "filet" is the alternative French spelling of "fillet". In the case of beef, the term most often refers to beef tenderloin in the United States, especially filet mignon. Filet mignon is a cut of meat taken from the smaller end of the tenderloin, or psoas major of a cow. It is considered the king of steaks because of its melt-in-your-mouth texture. Chicken filets, sometimes called inner filets, are a specific cut of meat from the chicken or ostrich steaks). Fish fillets are prepared by removing the scales and detaching the contents of the abdominal cavity from the fillet).