Chop and serve in pieces (5)
I believe the answer is:
sever
'chop' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'serve in pieces' is the wordplay.
'in pieces' indicates an anagram.
'serve' anagrammed gives 'SEVER'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for sever that I've seen before include "Detach" , "Cut right off" , "Cut or break off, perhaps a relationship" , "Cut apart, maybe a relationship" , "Cut from a whole" .)