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.

   Dwight says, "Oh, Dick, but you ought to order a French chop with parley vous sauce."

   1912, The Sheep Breeder - Volume 32, page 720

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   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.

   2003, Harry Jordan, Meat Harry

   Prepare the loin as for French chops and arrange like a crown, rolling the loin backward.

   2019, Maria Willett Howard, Lowney's Cook Book