Skillet Chicken Fajitas

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2012, America's Test Kitchen TV

Most fajitas are merely a bland, dry vehicle for the garnishes. We wanted chicken and vegetables that were truly worth eating.

SERVES 4

TIME 1½ hours, plus 30 minutes marinating

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To create indoor chicken fajitas that didn’t require a slew of compensatory garnishes to be tasty, we took a fresh look at the key ingredients. For well-charred, juicy chicken we marinated boneless, skinless breasts in a potent mix of smoke...

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