Shallow Fried Chicken Drumsticks

Ingredients:

4 chicken drumsticks
1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp dried onions
1 small green chili, minced finely
salt and pepper
fish sauce
olive oil

For coating chicken:

1 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 1/2 tsp Shichimi Togarashi
very little salt and pepper to taste

Method:
Soak minced green chili  in 2 teaspoons of fish sauce for 10 minutes
Mix chicken drumsticks with green chili sauce, cilantro, garlic powder, onion flakes, a little salt and a generous amount of black pepper and 2 teaspoons of olive oil. Marinate the chicken for at least 1 to 2 hours.

When ready to shallow fry the chicken drumsticks, add some frying oil on a deep saute pan and let it get to 375 degrees F. While waiting for the oil to get hot, put the dry ingredients for coating chicken in a plastic zip lock bag and shake to get the ingredients combine with the flour.
Then add the chicken drumsticks into the bag to coat it with seasoned flour.

Then add the drumsticks to the oil and fry them until golden in color for at least 15 minutes. Turn the drumsticks around to get an even color.
Take the drumsticks out after 15 minutes and lay it on a baking sheet and finish the cooking in a 350 degree F oven. Cook for another 5 to 7 minutes until there is no trace of blood.