French chop

English

Noun

French chop (plural French chops)

  1. A rib chop in which the meat and fat are cut away from the end of the rib to the point where the meat becomes lean.
    • 1912, The Sheep Breeder - Volume 32, page 720:
      Dwight says, "Oh, Dick, but you ought to order a French chop with parley vous sauce."
    • 2003, Harry Jordan, Meat Harry:
      To make a French chop, make sure that each chop has a rib bone; then all you have to do is remove the fatty piece of meat at the tail near the end of the rib bone and connected to the loin muscle.
    • 2019, Maria Willett Howard, Lowney's Cook Book:
      Prepare the loin as for French chops and arrange like a crown, rolling the loin backward.
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