Every year we have a fun Easter egg hunt in our front yard for the dogs, including a few boiled eggs and some special dog treats for the occasion (substituting as their breakfast on Sunday morning.)
Years ago I created this easy recipe because of Irie and Tiki’s love of chicken livers (and I have always loved the price!) It makes a LOT of treats; if you just have one dog or have small dogs, you might want to halve the recipe. I have used one pound of chicken livers since it is sold in a one-pound tub at my supermarket (and it has a very short life in your refrigerator) but you could use half a pound for this recipe and half for another chicken liver recipe!
Recipe: Chicken Liver & Green Bean Biscuits
Ingredients
- 5 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 cups brown rice flour
- 1 pound chicken livers
- 1 can 14.5 ounces green beans, no salt added, drained
- 1 egg
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and either grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
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In a food processor or blender, mix chicken livers until liquid then add green beans. Pulse until liquid with only small chunks remaining.
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Mix flours and egg then pour in chicken liver and green bean mixture. Mix dough (by hand or with a dough hook). The dough will be heavy. (If the dough is sticky, add a little more flour; if too dry, add a little water.)
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Roll out dough to 1/2-inch thickness then cut with your favorite cookie cutters. (Alternatively, pinch off a small piece of dough, roll it into a ball, place on cookie sheet and slightly flatten with a fork.)
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Bake treats for about 30 minutes; watch for treats to brown on the bottom.
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(Optional) To create a little glaze on the cookies, whip an egg then dip the top of the biscuits in the egg mixture, returning to oven for another two minutes.
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Remove from oven and allow to completely cool before refrigerating. Can be refrigerated for about two weeks.
bevybev
April 7, 2012 at 4:35 pmHummmmmmm, now that’s different and the funny thing is, my dog would eat them!
Shelley P
April 8, 2012 at 2:27 amThe dogs will love these!! Very easy and healthy too! Thanks for sharing and for the print recipe option : )
Paris & John
April 9, 2012 at 3:17 pmThanks, Shelley! I just discovered this print option plugin for recipes and I’m loving it so far!
Victoria
April 8, 2012 at 9:20 amMust try these – Stella will LOVE them! Thanks for sharing, Victoria.
Paris & John
April 9, 2012 at 3:16 pmI hope Stella likes these!! Paris
Ju Hyun Park
April 8, 2012 at 9:59 amThis looks like a terrific recipe to make for Dumpling! It includes two of his favorite things – chicken liver and green beans!
Paris & John
April 9, 2012 at 3:16 pmTiki and Irie just *loved* these…hope Dumpling likes them! Paris
Joanne
May 6, 2012 at 10:07 amThat’s an easy one, my dog just loves eating chicken, so I’ll have a go at this thanks.
vizsla3
April 10, 2019 at 3:52 pmThank You so much for the recipe. Sounds Yummy!