Puppy Gal's Dog Food Recipe
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Chicken Gravy made from whole chicken or chicken parts which I use
as a flavor enchanter just like the packs of dog gravy they sell at Pet Stores.
I use a couple of heaping tablespoons of gravy to mix in with their dry dog food which has been soaked in cold water until it
is puffy. The soaking cuts down on GAS!! Or it can be mixed with dry commercial dog food.
(I keep my eyes alert to any unseasoned meat on sale because it is the "last sale date" or is the weekly special and use whatever it is to fix gravy for the upcoming week. To pour on their food I just warm up whatever amount is needed in the microwave.) -Put Chicken in a big pot and cover with water -Season with dried garlic, rosemary and basil -Cook Chicken until falling off the bones -Remove chicken from broth -Remove bones and skin from chicken -Remove grease either by placing pot and all in the refrigerator until chilled so the solidified grease can be easily lifted out, or use a broth separator to remove the grease. -Make gravy out of the meat and broth, using either corn starch/water or a flour/water mix poured into the boiling broth to thicken, set up quickly. Suggestions: - Put flour or corn starch in a little jar with some water and shake vigorously to make a slurry, add some to the boiling meat broth and cook for approximately 5 minutes or until it thickens. If not thick enough, keep doing this until you get it thick enough to suit you. - Potato or other vegetable water, if you happen to have water from cooking vegetables use it to cook the chicken, just so long as it does not contain salt. - The skin and bones can be put back in the pot to cook until the bones can be mashed into paste using just your fingers. Any bones which you can't mash into a paste without producing splinters goes into the trash. I use to put them in the blender but they really dull the blade quickly. Add this paste to the gravy. It doesn't add additional flavor (I don't think, I haven't tasted it) but it is a great source of calcium. |
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