Meat chop

Chops are generally cut from pork, lamb, veal, or mutton, but also from game, such as venison.

Chops are sometimes beaten with the side of a cleaver or with a meat mallet to make them thinner and more tender.

Chops may be cooked in various ways, including grilling, pan-broiling, sautéeing, braising, breading and frying, and baking.

In South Africa and Namibia the traditional way of cooking chops is to grill them outdoor over open fire coals, called braaiing.

In Great Britain, the idea of a chop comes from the 17th century, when London chophouses started cooking individual portions of meat.