Chicken Chop Recipe: The Best Chicken Chop You'll Ever Eat!

Most everyone likes tasting Asian dishes. It’s inevitable, given the delicious nature of Asian cuisine. You might be surprised that chicken chops, a food that many Western restaurants offer, also belong there. Chicken chops are deboned chicken thighs that are marinated and served with a sauce of your preference. We highly recommend you to save this recipe for family gatherings or dinner dates, as it tastes better when eaten with other people!

Although the chicken chop recipe seems simple, it requires know-how, some experience in the kitchen, and is time-consuming. Below, you will find a walkthrough.

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• Ingredients
• Instructions
• Equipment
• Tips 
• To sum up
• Easy Chicken Chop Recipe

Ingredients

1. The chicken

• Chicken thighs — 4-6 pcs., deboned and skinless.
• Soy sauce — 2 tbsp.
• Worcestershire sauce — 2 tbsp.
• Garlic — minced.
• Onion — chopped.
• Vegetable oil.
• Rosemary and thyme.
• Black pepper and salt.

2. Black pepper sauce

• Black pepper.
• Garlic — minced.
• Onion — chopped.
• Chicken broth — optional.
• Worcestershire sauce — 2 tbsp.
• Salt — to taste.
• Beef broth.
• Flour.

3. Mushroom sauce 

• Mushrooms — 8 to 10 pcs., sliced.
• Butter — 2 tbsp.
• Onion — 1 pc., chopped.
• Oyster sauce — 1 tbsp.
• Sugar — 1 tbsp.
• Salt and pepper — to taste.
• Beef broth.

Instructions

1. Wash and rinse 4 to 6 pieces of deboned, skinless chicken thighs. Set aside.

2. In a bowl, combine soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, rosemary, thyme, garlic, onion, and salt and pepper. Put in the chicken pieces, and rub for a minute or two.

3. Store the marinade in the refrigerator, ideally for 6 hours.

4. To prepare black pepper sauce, heat oil in a pan, and sauté the chopped onion and minced garlic until they turn golden.

5. Later, add Worcestershire sauce, sugar, beef broth, salt, and flour. Stir well for a few minutes.

6. To prepare mushroom sauce, melt 1 butter in a pan, and add sliced mushrooms, salt and pepper, oyster sauce, chopped onion, and beef broth.

7. Cook the sauce for a few minutes on low-medium heat.

8. Whichever sauce you’ve decided to go with, pour it over the chicken chops.

9. Serve hot.

Equipment

• Measuring spoons and cups.

• Mixing bowl.

Tips 

• The marinade — We recommend marinating the chicken overnight or at least for six hours for the best results, even though it can be marinated for less time. The most important ingredients for marinating will be soy sauce, black pepper, and herbs like rosemary and thyme, either fresh or dried. Lastly, we also recommend using Worcestershire sauce, as it is a great condiment for meat and chicken-based dishes. The vinegar and anchovies in Worcestershire sauce will add layers of depth to the flavor of your chicken chops. If you don’t have access to it, you can also use apple cider vinegar with lemon juice as a substitute. 

• The chicken — For the chicken, we recommend going with 4 to 6 pieces of boneless and skinless chicken thighs. Opting for chicken breast is not really recommended, as it won’t have the same moisture and juice the chicken thighs offer. For cooking the chicken, we recommend using a frying pan, but you could also use deep frying, oven, and even air frying.

• The sauce — Although you can eat chicken chops on your own, why not pour some sauce, just for the finesse? The sauce also makes the dish versatile, as it allows you to experiment freely, with black pepper and mushroom sauces being the most common choices.

To sum up

Although it might seem daunting, this chicken chop recipe makes up for the hard work with its great taste. It also offers great variety with a choice of success, with black pepper and mushroom sauces being the most common ones. All you need to do is get some pieces of boneless, skinless chicken thighs, and the rest will flow.