Beef Liver Dinner Recipe for Dogs

Yes, beef liver is incredibly good for dogs! It has vital nutrients, healthy fats, vitamin A, copper, zinc, iron and different B vitamins. Just like beef liver is really good for humans, it’s really good for dogs too. Also, if you have a rescue dog that has been malnourished, beef liver is incredibly good for them to get back to health. And, if you have a picky eater, I guarantee that they will love beef liver!

Don’t make your entire dogs protein source beef liver though. It can overload them on vitamin A. So, use beef liver as a food topper or as a treat. It should only make up about 10% of your dogs food intake. Make sure to give your dogs other sources of protein that they do well with, such as chicken, turkey, or beef. But, beef liver goes well with everything and your dog will love the addition of it to their diet.

You can cook beef liver for dogs two different ways. I cook it in a skillet with a little bit of coconut oil so it doesn’t stick. John John loves coconut oil and he loves when I cook his meat in it – I’ll cook ground chicken or ground turkey in coconut oil too! You can also boil beef liver just liked you’d boil chicken breasts.

Organic Prairie makes the best organic Beef Liver, and you can order it online! They also make amazing organic meat of all kinds, like Chicken Breasts (which I use in this recipe) and in John John’s Chicken Dinner Recipe for Dogs we use their Organic Ground Chicken. Grab a few steaks for yourself while you’re shopping!

Yes, you can use another protein besides chicken breasts in this recipe. John John loves chicken and does well with it, so we usually cook him chicken. But you can also do ground turkey or ground beef. If your dog is on a fish diet or lamb, you can also use that too!

Yes, you can use whatever veggies you want that are dog safe and that your pup likes. John John loves red peppers, they’re his favorite veggie and they are really good for dogs, so we always add those. Carrots are easy and we always have in the fridge, so those are his main veggies. But you could also use green beans, peas, or celery as these vegetables are all safe for dogs.

Yes! I use sweet potatoes and oats as John John loves them. But, you can also use rice, quinoa, or all oats. Whatever your dog prefers you can swap out the carbs.

Yes! Dogs cannot have the skin of sweet potatoes, even though the skin has health benefits for us humans. So, be sure to peel your sweet potatoes for this recipe. I know I usually never peel my potatoes, so I was surprised by this too!

Absolutely! We meal prep for John John and make it all about once a week. We cook the chicken, beef liver, and sweet potatoes, then cut them all up into the small chunks and put in Tupperware. Sometimes we cook the carrots and red pepper and sometimes we leave them raw, just depends on time sometimes. But we chop them up and put them in a Tupperware together.

Then, at mealtime, we cook the oats with some boiling water. And then we measure out the sweet potatoes, veggies, chicken, and beef liver and heat it all up together for him. You could also mix together the chicken, beef liver, sweet potato, and veggies all together and put in a Tupperware as well. That would also be fine and then scoop it out that way.

This can be served to your dog hot or cold! Since it’s been winter, we have been serving it warm to John John. But, I feel like over summer, we’ll just cook the oats and then add in the other ingredients cold and feed it to him cold sometimes as well.

This all depends on your dog’s size, current weight, and activity level. Always check with your vet to make sure you are feeding your dog the appropriate amount of food for their size and age.
But a general rule is you should be feeding your dog 2% to 5% of their body weight in fresh food. And small dogs weighing about 20 pounds or less can even get up to 10%! I have an entire article dedicated to How Much Homemade Dog Food Should I Feed My Dog? with a formula you can use for your dog's weight.