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Chicken & Sweet Potato Training Bites

Training needs a lot of rewards, so these are deliberately tiny. Plain cooked chicken and mashed sweet potato, nothing else added for flavour.

Small irregular baked training-size dog treats made from plain cooked chicken and sweet potato, in a white bowl beside a lined baking tray
Prep
15 minutes
Cook
20 minutes
Total
35 minutes
Difficulty
Easy

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Chicken & Sweet Potato Training Bites

Makes About 60 tiny training bites · 35 minutes total

Ingredients

  • 1 cup plain fully cooked boneless skinless chicken, finely shredded or minced (poached or baked, no salt, no seasoning)
  • 1 cup cooked sweet potato, peeled and mashed smooth
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats, blitzed to a rough flour (binder)
  • 1 large egg, only if the mixture will not hold its shape

Instructions

  1. 1Cook the chicken plainly by poaching or baking it through with nothing added. Remove all skin and check carefully that no bone remains.
  2. 2Bake or boil the sweet potato until soft, peel it, and mash until there are no lumps. Let both cool.
  3. 3Heat the oven to 175C / 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment.
  4. 4Mix the chicken, sweet potato and oats to a thick paste. Add the egg only if the paste will not hold a shape.
  5. 5Drop pea-sized amounts onto the tray with a small spoon, or spread the mixture 5 mm thick and score it into a grid to cut after baking.
  6. 6Bake 18-20 minutes until dry to the touch and firm at the edges. Very small pieces catch quickly, so check at 15 minutes.
  7. 7Cool fully. For a firmer, drier reward you can turn the oven off and leave them inside for another 20 minutes.

Storage

  • Fridge in an airtight container: up to 3 days. These are moist and meat-based, so treat them like cooked chicken.
  • Freezer: up to 2 months. Freeze in small training-session portions so you thaw only what you need.
  • Never leave them out at room temperature during a long session; take out a handful and keep the rest chilled.
  • Discard any bite that has been carried around in a warm pocket all day.

Serving considerations

  • Training rewards add up fast. Keep the pieces tiny and count them as part of your dog's daily food, not extra on top.
  • How many is reasonable depends on your dog's size, weight and normal diet, so there is no single amount that suits every dog.
  • Plain cooked chicken with no skin, bones or seasoning is the only form used here; cooked bones are never appropriate.
  • Start with one bite and wait a day before a full session, especially if your dog has a sensitive stomach.
  • Ask your own vet first if your dog is on a prescribed diet or has known food sensitivities.

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