Cuts of meat? Approve of what’s put in chow mein, maybe (9)
I believe the answer is:
chopstick
'what's put in chow mein maybe' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'cuts of meat? approve' is the wordplay.
'cuts of meat?' becomes 'chops' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'approve' becomes 'tick' (giving a tick indicates approval).
'chops'+'tick'='CHOPSTICK'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chopstick that I've seen before include "member of consumer association" , "Eastern eating utensil" , "Oriental eating utensil" , "In the plural, they're oriental cutlery" .)