Garlic-Chipotle Southern Fried Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp garlic
• 1 to 2 tsp chipotle pepper puree
• 1/2 to 1 tsp tabasco sauce (or chipotle tabasco sauce)
• 1 lime (juice of)
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup half and half (10 percent milk fat)
• 2 whole, bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tbsp kosher salt
• 1 tbsp freshly ground black pepper (or to taste)
• oil for frying