A method of producing an optoelectronic component includes providing a carrier, generating a plurality of recesses in the carrier, applying a plurality of drops of a cover material to the carrier, introducing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip including a semiconductor body and contact elements on an underside of the semiconductor body into at least some of the drops, and curing the drops of the cover material into cover bodies, wherein at least some of the drops are completely surrounded by recesses in the carrier, and the recesses in the carrier are a stop edge for the cover material during introduction of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip.