Homemade Dog Kibble

Name: Homemade Dog Kibble
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup and 1 tablespoon (200 g) brown rice; ½ cup (100 g) lentils; 5 cups (1¼ liters) water; 3 medium carrots (200 g), peeled and chopped; 1 medium sweet potato (200 g), scrubbed and chopped; 1 apple, peeled, cored, and chopped, or ½ cup (100 g) unsweetened applesauce; ¾ cup (100 g) steel-cut oats; 1¼ tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley; 2 small sprigs of fresh rosemary, finely chopped; 2¼ cups (500 g) ground turkey, about 18 ounces; ¼ cup (50 ml) olive, sunflower, or canola oil, plus additional oil for greasing

11 steps

Prep:15minCook:1h 50min

Create crunchy dog kibble at home that your dog will love. With wholesome ingredients and complete control, you can make this a healthy balanced diet with delicious nutritional toppers. You can also experiment by cooking this with a dehydrator, low and slow, for even better results!

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:05:33 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories332.5 kcal (17%)

Total Fat12.9 g (18%)

Carbs35.7 g (14%)

Sugars3.9 g (4%)

Protein19.5 g (39%)

Sodium229.5 mg (11%)

Fiber4.1 g (15%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

10 servings

1 cupbrown rice

½ cuplentils

5 cupswater

200gcarrots

medium, peeled and chopped

200gsweet potato

medium, scrubbed and chopped

1apple

peeled, cored, and chopped

¾ cupsteel-cut oats

1 ¼ tablespoonsfresh parsley

finely chopped

2 sprigsfresh rosemary

finely chopped

500gground turkey

¼ cupolive oil

or canola, plus additional oil for greasing

Instructions

Step 1

Put rice and lentils into a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium and cook for 20 minutes.

Sauce Pan

Step 2

Add the chopped carrots, sweet potato, apple, oats, and chopped herbs to the saucepan once the rice and lentils are cooked and gently simmer for 20 minutes more. If the mixture is too dry, add an extra cup of water.

Knife

Step 3

Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C and grease two cookie sheets.

Baking sheet

Step 4

Meanwhile, brown the ground turkey in a separate pan for about 10 minutes (or until cooked through), depending on your heat setting. Stir continuously while cooking to prevent it from sticking to the pan as it is very low in fat.

Pan

Step 5

Next, put half the cooked veggie and grain blend into a food processor with half the cooked turkey, add half the oil, and pulse until the batter resembles a thick purée.

Food ProcessorMix

Step 6

Spread the batter onto one of the sheets so that it is about ¼ inch (5 mm) thick. The batter will spread slightly as it cooks, so leave some room for this.

Step 7

Repeat steps five and six with the second cookie sheet and the remaining batter.

Step 8

Place both cookie sheets into the preheated oven and bake for 45 minutes.

Step 9

Turn the dog kibble over to dry through and cook for another 30 to 45 minutes. You should have what looks like two large cookies. If it is not thoroughly dried out, leave it in the oven for up to 20 minutes more.

Step 10

Reduce the oven temperature to 325°F/160°C. Remove from the oven, cool slightly, and cut them into small pieces. Place the chunks back onto the cookie sheets and bake for an additional hour or until the kibble is fully dried (but not burnt).

Step 11

Remove the kibble from the oven and let cool completely. The finished dog kibble should resemble pieces of broken pita bread and will keep in the fridge for ten days.