milk poached fried chicken

Ingredients

• 7 chicken legs - but you could use almost any chicken part
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3/4 cup water
• 2 cloves garlic
• Kosher salt & coarse ground black pepper
• 1.5 cups flour
• 1.5 cups panko breadcrumbs
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon each: kosher salt, black pepper, smoked paprika, granulated garlic , dried thyme, chili powder, dried parsley
• Oil for fying
• Put chicken in a large pan (with a lid) and add the milk, water & garlic cloves - season with salt & pepper
• Heat on medium until beginning to simmer, cover with a lid
• Let bubble away 20 minutes, then flip over and simmer another 20 - put chicken on a plate to cool
• Put eggs in a medium bowl, the panko on a plate and the flour and all the seasons on another - mix so the flour and spices are combined
• Heat about 1 1/2 inches oil to 350 in a large pan
• Dredge the chicken first in the flour - coating it well, then dip in the egg to cover and finally coat really well with the panko
• Fry the chicken a couple minutes (flipping over halfway) or until golden brown and beautiful
• Be happy