The lemon sauce is by far the best I have ever tasted. The only reason why I am only giving this four stars is because the recipe should not include the marinade. The marinade completely overpowered the lemon sauce. Please forget the marinade and you will agree that this is the best lemon chicken.

I agree with other reviewers--this is a good base, but needs a little tweaking. Next time I will not add salt to the sauce (it was REALLY salty--I think the chicken broth would provide enough) and will add more lemon. The batter could also use more crunch...flour maybe? I'll make again, but with the alterations.

I did not care for this recipe. Thankfully, there are about a hundred other lemon chicken recipes on allrecipes.com to try - any one of them would be better than this.

Loved it! The batter for the chicken is perfect. I added a little extra lemon to the sauce because I like it tarter. Rave reviews from my family. We will make this one again for sure!

ok, sorry, maybe it's me. The batter didn't stick and made just clumps of batter in the wok. I had to add another tablespoon of corn starch to make it anything like a sauce. The chicken with it's marinade tasted weird. I don't think i'll even bother trying again.

I'm pretty confused as to why this recipe is getting such excellent ratings. I order lemon chicken quite a bit at Chinese restaurants, and this recipe doesn't come out as expected. I made the recipe, without any changes, and was disappointed. My chicken was edible, but not lemon chicken. As I suspected, the sherry in the marinade was too strong, overpowered the delicacy of the lemon, and was generally out of place in the recipe. The batter was lovely, but pretty unsuitable for the recipe, unless sauced very lightly at the last minute (anything else and such a light batter loses its crunch). Hence, the sauce should be made first, then fry the chicken and drizzle sauce over hot chicken. Lastly the sauce was lovely, but other reviewers are right, the lemons shouldn't be added until the last minute. I'll definitely make this recipe again, but this time with changes.

I have been to plaenty of chinese restaurants in LA, SF, Phoenix, etc., and this is as good as it gets. The marinade is a great idea that although subtle, really adds to the overall flavor. Excellent.

This recipes is as close as I've gotten to a good chinese resteraunts version. Make sure you add the sugar. I was half-way through the bitter meal, when it clicked that I'd forgotten a vital ingredient. I am so glad, or else this would have got a bad review.

I substituted oranges for the lemons. I added a T of juice to the marinade and put the remainder in the sauce. I used only about 2 T sugar in the sauce as well since it was orange juice and not lemon. Even so, it wasn't very orange-y. I think it was the chicken broth, perhaps plain water (and less of it) would have helped; perhaps even the addition of some lemon juice to boost the citrus taste.

This was fabulous! I pounded my breasts (chicken) haha first then fried. Really easy and the family loved it! Pretty too!

Absolutely delicious!I am pretty new in the kitchen, and this is the one dish my family asks for, over and over.

My family loved this recipe. I cheated the second time I made it and used bought chicken strips- it was also very good.

Wow! I cut it down to 1lb but kept the measurements pretty much the same. Added a little lemon-pepper seasoning to the batter. Cut it into bite size pieces before marinading. I think this may test better on chicken finger-style cuts because it won't overcook as easily as the bitesize pieces to. But... DELICIOUS!

I thought this was a little too much trouble and not good at all. I tried to follow recipe exactly. My husband said it was "okay, but not good". It had a strange flavor that I could not quite make out. I will not attempt this again. Thanks, but no thanks.

What a excellent recipe! My Autistic son, who is a picky eater loved it and wanted me to make it the more. The only thing I would do different is cut the pieces before instead of after the are cooked. I added a little bit more cornstarch to the sauce to make it a little thicker per my taste. I am going to make it again in a couple of days. This is now in my top ten! I am going to recommend this recipe to family and friends!