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Steak Fajitas

ORDERING FAJITAS IN a Mexican restaurant sets the stage for some good theater. The spectacle of a server carrying sizzling meat and vegetables through the restaurant and placing them before you—“Careful, the handle is hot!”—is key to the experience. But I wanted to create a fajitas recipe for the home cook that was more about flavor than theater and used only one pan.

Most recipes I found for fajitas called for flank steak, skirt steak, or steak tips; my

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