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10 Homemade Chicken Dog Food Recipes

If youve decided to take it upon yourself to start making your own dog food, you should first get your vets approval and advice. This is particularly important if your dog has any allergies or intolerances.

If you already have the go-ahead and are ready to dive into cooking wholesome and nutritious dog food, youll need good recipes. If your dog loves chicken, youve come to the right place!

Here are 10 dog food recipes that feature chicken that shouldnt be too challenging to make and that your dog should love!

The 10 Homemade Chicken Dog Food Recipes

1. Easy Homemade Dog Food Crockpot Recipe by A Forks Tale

This crockpot (slow cooker)recipe features ground chickenin addition to other healthy ingredients, including rice, veggies, and beans.

The beauty of this recipe is that you can swap out ingredients and fine-tune it to your dogs preference. You just throw everything into the slow cooker in the morning, turn it on, and its ready in time for your dogs dinner!

2. DIY Homemade Dog Food by Damn Delicious

This recipeis quite similar to the first one, except you dont need a slow cooker just a large pot and a bit of time. While this recipe does call for ground turkey, you can swap it out with ground chicken.

Prep is super easy: Cook the chicken with a small amount of olive oil, throw in the vegetables, cook for about 5 minutes, and its done! You just need to let it cool before serving.

3. Stovetop Chicken Dog Food by Southern Bytes

Southern Bytesoffers a ground chicken recipe that you cook on your stovetop. Frozen vegetables will save you time and effort. Also included are steel-cut oats, bone broth, and coconut oil. Its easy to prep, and you can make the samerecipe in an instant potif you have one.

4. Chicken & Rice Dog Food Recipe by Pawsome Recipes

When your dog has an upset stomach, your vet will likely tell you to put them on a bland diet. This usually involves plain, cooked chicken and white rice.

Thisrecipe gives similar instructions but with the option of adding vegetables if your dog is in good health.

5. Easy Rice & Chicken Dog Food Recipe by All Recipes

The author states that their vet approved this recipe for their dogs, and it doesnt call for any oil. Place chicken, water, and vegetables into a large pot, bring it to a boil, and simmer for about 25 minutes.

6. Chicken Burgers for Dogs by Wag the Dog UK

Most of the ingredients for this recipe are similar to the previous recipes, but you get chicken burgers instead!

Theres also fruit in addition to the veggies, ground chicken, and brown rice. These burgers are baked in the oven, or you can grill them in the summer. The author mentions that you can make these into a meatloaf instead.

7. Easy Crockpot Chicken Dog Food Recipe by DogVills

Thiscrockpot recipehas chicken breasts, brown rice, sweet potatoes, green beans, carrots, and water.

Cut everything up, throw it in the crockpot, cook for 5 to 8 hours (depending on if youre cooking it on low or high), stir it up, and youre done!

8. Homemade Meatballs for Dogs by House That Barks

This recipe formeatballsis something that dogs will love! The recipe calls for ground beef, which you can replace with ground chicken.

The recipe also calls for eggs, unsweetened applesauce, yogurt, and almond flour. The meatballs can be baked or fried (but baking is healthier) and can even be used as pill pockets.

9. Chicken Jerky for Dogs by Proud Dog Mom

Thischicken jerky recipeis more of a treat than a meal, but your dog will love it! You only need to thinly slice chicken breasts, grease a wire rack, and bake them at low heat for 2 to 3 hours.

This process slowly dries out the chicken, and they come out chewy and crispy. These are easy and healthy treats for your dog!

10. Chicken Biscuits for Dogs by Two Healthy Kitchens

Thischicken biscuit recipeis simple to make, and your dog will love them! You can use leftover cooked chicken (as long as its unseasoned, deboned, and skinless) and mix it with flour, yogurt, water, and an egg.

Dont worry about using cookie cutters and turning them into adorable nugget shapes. Your dog only cares about how they taste, and it will save you time.

Talk to Your Vet

Consult with your vet about the recipes that youre interested in trying, so you can be sure they are good for your dog. You should also discuss how much you should feed your dog and how often.

Its vital that you have a conversation about your dogs diet if youre planning on changing it or adding something new. Dogs dont always react well to new food, particularly if they have a sensitive stomach.

Food Allergies

Another reason that you should be careful when introducing new foods to your dog is that they can have food intolerances and allergies. The most commonfood allergy triggersare proteins, with chicken and beef at the top of the list.

If your dog develops skin issues, frequent ear infections, or stomach upset (vomiting and diarrhea), it might be due to a food intolerance or an allergy. Speak to your vet!

Final Thoughts

Now you have many options for delicious homemade chicken recipes for your dog. Each recipe is quite easy, particularly if youre already a decent cook.

That said, you must discuss any recipes that youre interested in with your vet. If you plan to make all your dogs food yourself, know that they need a specific balance of proteins, fats, carbs, and nutrients to stay healthy, and your vet should help you with this.

Once the essentials are taken care of, these recipes should be fun to make, and your dog will love them!

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Easy Homemade Dog Food Crockpot Recipe with Ground Chicken

If your dog is picky about the food he eats or suffers from food allergies, here is a homemade dog food crockpot recipe that helps my dog. Enjoy!

Are you wanting to make your own dog food? This is an easy homemade dog food crockpot recipe.

Just throw all the ingredients in the crockpot and cook for a couple of hours.

The result is a healthy, homemade dog food that your furry family member will love!

My dog has had food allergies FOREVER! I have tried almost every dog food under the sun from expensive to EXPENSIVE.

Finally, I had it and decided to look into making my own. I was shocked how easy it is.

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*Consult your veterinarian in deciding what food to make for your dog. I am not a vet. I have done my own research, and this is what works great for my fur baby.

What do you put in homemade dog food?

These are the ingredients I put in my homemade dog food:

ground chicken- It is important to use real lean meat.
kidney beans, carrots-Look for reduced or no sodium.
butternut squash
peas
green beans-Look for reduced or no sodium if canned. Frozen or fresh are great.
white rice

What other foods can you use in homemade dog food?

You can interchange all the ingredients.
I buy the meat that is on sale such as hamburger, turkey, and chicken. Whatever you choose, choose very lean cuts and no skin. Your dog cannot eat very fatty protein.
You change out the vegetables from time to time also. I sometime switch out the butternut squash with pumpkin or sweet potato.
You can add in apples or apple sauce for a variety in flavor.
Instead of the kidney beans, you can use lentils or pinto beans.
You can also add in chicken livers. Chicken livers are really good for your dog, but also very rich. You want to add in small amounts.
The egg shells are also very good for dogs. This adds in calcium. Most dogs won't eat the shells unless they are really broken up or crushed. You can crush the shells in a coffee grinder, food processor, or with a mortar and pestle.
Salmon, salmon oil, and fish oil also helps with skin allergies and inflammation.
I use white rice because it is easier on sensitive stomachs than brown rice. You can use brown rice if your dog does not have a sensitive stomach.

How to make

Follow these steps to make:

Add ground chicken, butternut squash, kidney beans, peas, green beans, carrots, and uncooked white rice, with water to a crock pot.
Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours, stirring occasionally.
Ration food according to dog size. Feed dog daily portion.

Tip: Give your dog supplements!

My vet said this recipe was very well balanced.

However to assure me that my dog was getting all the proper vitamins that my dog might need, he suggested I give my dog VETRISCIENCE Canine Plus MultiVitamin for Dogs.

He would suggest this supplement for my dog if he was eating store bought food as well.

You can find cheaper supplements if you do some research. This is just the brand we use.

My dog is also older. He is at the age where he needs joint supplements.

He is a picky eater and has snubbed his nose at several different joint supplements that I have tried to offer him.

However, he LOVES Ark Naturals Sea Mobility Joint Rescue Chews, Beef, Increase Flexibility, Mobility and Joint Comfort, Vet Recommended for All Dog Breeds, 500 mg Glucosamine, 9 oz. Bag .

I buy the beef flavor. It is all natural with great ingredients.

He thinks he is eating a treat when I give him his little square chew!

Additional tips:

When I make this homemade crockpot dog food, I portion it out in baggies.

Next, I store the bags of food in the freezer.

I pull a bag of food out the night before to defrost the food for the next morning.

I add a little water to mix in so he slows down eating it.

My dog loves it and will inhale his food. I found adding the water in slows him down just a bit.

I feed him half a bag in the morning and half at night.

My dog, Goliath, loves the dog food! He wakes me up first thing in the morning begging for his food.

The little bugger jumps on my chest, then takes his little paw to hit me in the head to wake up.

He will not let me roll over to ignore him. He wants his breakfast.

Goliath also loves me for making it for him.

I have found him to be more peppy and less itchy. He is seven years old and acting like a new pup.

I won't go back to dry food again!

Not all dogs are created equal. If your dog's stomach seems sensitive to this recipe or really gassy, I would omit the beans.

I also have a homemade Doggy Treat Recipe here.

How much homemade dog food should you feed your dog?

You can calculate how much to feed your dog here.It is agreatresource to tell you how many calories your dog needs based on it's size.

The calories in the recipe box are an estimate based on lean chicken.

If you are making your homemade dog food for the first time, introduce the new food a little at a time. You don't want your dog to get sick from a fast transition.

You may want to start off with half of the homemade food and half of the regular food for a couple of days.

Consult your veterinarian on how to do that best.

When you make this homemade dog food, please tell me what you think in the comment section!It would mean the world to me to hear back. My readers will appreciate the information also.

Also post your picture of your dog's food onInstagramorFacebook, and tag @aforkstale with #aforkstale hashtags!I will share with my followers! xoxo!

Recipe

Easy Homemade Dog Food Crockpot Recipe with Ground Chicken

If your dog is picky about the food he eats or suffers from food allergies, here's a homemade dog food crockpot recipe that helps my dog. Enjoy!

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Course: Dog Food

Cuisine: Dog Food

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 4 hours hours

Total Time: 4 hours hours 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 14

Calories: 297kcal

Instructions

Add 3 lbs lean ground chicken, 1 cup chopped butternut squash, 15 oz drained can of kidney beans, 1 cup peas, 1 cup green beans, 1 cup sliced carrots, 1 uncooked white rice, and 4 cups of water to a crock pot.
Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours, stirring occasionally.