Grilled Chicken with White Wine Mushroom Sauce

• 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
• 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

1. Special equipment: grill pan
2. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
3. In a large bowl mix together water, lemon juice, sugar and salt until dissolved.
4. Add lemon quarters and chicken.
5. Marinate for 30 minutes.
6. Remove from marinade and pat dry.
7. Preheat a grill pan over medium heat.
8. Massage 1 drop of liquid smoke into each chicken breast.
9. Salt and pepper generously then rub 1 tablespoon butter over and under skin of each chicken breast, placing 2 sage leaves underneath the skin.
10. Place on hot grill, skin side down, until skin is golden brown, about 5 minutes.
11. Transfer chicken to a baking sheet and bake until cooked through, about 25 minutes.
12. Meanwhile for the white wine mushroom sauce: In a large saute pan over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter with olive oil.
13. Add onions, mushrooms and cayenne pepper.
14. Saute until onions are translucent and mushrooms are tender, about 8 minutes.
15. Add wine and reduce until it's almost evaporated.
16. Add chicken stock and simmer until reduced by one third.
17. 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.
18. Simmer until sauce resembles loose gravy, about 5 minutes.
19. Serve warm with the chicken.

water, lemon, sugar, kosher salt, chicken breasts, liquid smoke, unsalted butter, sage, kosher salt, unsalted butter, olive oil, sweet onion, bella mushrooms, cayenne pepper, semidry white wine, chicken stock, flour

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sunny-anderson/grilled-chicken-with-white-wine-mushroom-sauce-recipe.html (may not work)