Philly Cheesesteaks

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2012, America's Test Kitchen TV

We set out to reproduce this classic sandwich without the pricey rib eye, a deli slicer, or a flattop griddle.

SERVES 4

TIME 1 hour

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Bringing cheesesteaks home required coming up with a simple and economical way to mimic the thinly shaved slivers of rib eye usually obtained with a meat slicer. We found that when partially frozen, skirt steak’s thin profile and open-grain...

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