Grilled Chicken with White Wine Mushroom Sauce

Recipe courtesy Sunny Anderson

Show: Cooking for RealEpisode: Bistro Night In

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (77)

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Cook Time:
45 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 45 min
Total:: 1 hr 0 min

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Directions

For Brine:

Ingredients

4 cups water
1 lemon, quartered and juiced
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup kosher salt
4 (6-ounce) boneless chicken breasts with skin
4 drops liquid smoke
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
8 sage leaves
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

For White Wine Mushroom Sauce:

3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 sweet onion, chopped
8 ounces baby bella mushrooms, sliced
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 cup semidry white wine
1 1/2 cups chicken stock
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

Special equipment: grill pan

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

In a large bowl mix together water, lemon juice, sugar and salt until dissolved. Add lemon quarters and chicken. Marinate for 30 minutes. Remove from marinade and pat dry. Preheat a grill pan over medium heat. Massage 1 drop of liquid smoke into each chicken breast. Salt and pepper generously then rub 1 tablespoon butter over and under skin of each chicken breast, placing 2 sage leaves underneath the skin. Place on hot grill, skin side down, until skin is golden brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer chicken to a baking sheet and bake until cooked through, about 25 minutes.

Meanwhile for the white wine mushroom sauce: In a large saute pan over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter with olive oil. Add onions, mushrooms and cayenne pepper. Saute until onions are translucent and mushrooms are tender, about 8 minutes. Add wine and reduce until it's almost evaporated. Add chicken stock and simmer until reduced by one third. In a small bowl press together remaining butter and flour with fingertips until well blended, then slowly add to the sauce while stirring with a wooden spoon. Simmer until sauce resembles loose gravy, about 5 minutes. Serve warm with the chicken.

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recipe Grilled Chicken with White Wine Mushroom Sauce
Kathy Lynchburg, VA 09-08-2009
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Fantastic!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was fantastic! After several "mmmmmm's" from my husband, he asked if I would like a wide screen TV in the kitchen!... Sodium is an issue in our home, so I left out the salt in the brine, and used organic chicken stock that has a fraction of the sodium of regular stock. And it was still wonderful, the chicken was juicy and flavorful. The sauce was so good that it is going to be my " go to sauce" in the future. Keep up the good work Sunny. I am a Food Network aholic, and love your shows.Read more
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Suzanne Denver, CO 08-25-2009
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Company impressed!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this dish for my parents and my dad said it was the best recipe I had ever made. He even was pleased to eat the... leftovers. It was easy and elegant. A+ Sunny!Read more
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a n, NJ 08-11-2009
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Good without the brine
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I was looking to make dinner with mushrooms and stumbled across this recipe. I didn't have the time to brine the chicken... first. Instead I sauted the mushrooms with dried rosemerry and tyme and made the broth as directed. Once it reduced to a thin gravy I added the raw (salt and peppered) chicken and let it simmer. It still had a ton of flavor without all of the salt. Quick and easy. If you need more gravy for the chicken in the end just add another 1/2 cup of the broth. Tasty even if you don't like mushrooms.Read more
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Karla San Fernando, CA 08-09-2009
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Sooo good!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Very tasty. I took some of the advice of the other reviews & really watched the salt. This was excellent & would be perfect... for a date night meal!!Read more
recipe Grilled Chicken with White Wine Mushroom Sauce
Cathy sault ste. marie, MI 08-02-2009
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Friends said best gravy they ever ate!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I read pervious comments so I only used .25 cup of kosher salt and the brine was great. I also used another suggestion and... fried the chicken in pan before cooking in oven which allowed me to use the dripping for the gravy. I did not use any smoke flavor in chicken or cayenne pepper in gravy. The chicken turned out really moist and flavorful. I made quite a bit more of the gravy and as my friends said it was the best gravy thery ever ate...they put on the chicken, potatoes and salad! I will definitely make again. Read more
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Valerie Grand Rivers, KY 08-01-2009
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Absolutely Awesome
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My daughter who is 13 made the entire menu from the bistro episode. The flavors are fantastic and compliment each other... beautifully. Even my son who hates everything that doesn't have golden arches on it loved the menu. A great hit for the whole family. I think next time we might make more of the mushroom sauce though. Read more