Homemade cat food
Lean Chicken & Egg-White Low-Carb Bites
High-protein, very low-carbohydrate baked bites made from lean chicken and egg white — a light training or reward treat for cats watching their weight.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Time
- 35 min
- Makes
- About 24 small bites
🧺 Ingredients
- 150 g skinless chicken breast, cooked and finely chopped or minced
- 2 egg whites (yolks left out to keep it lean)
- 1 tbsp plain unsalted chicken bone broth or plain water, to bind (no onion, garlic, salt or stock cubes)
👩🍳 Method
- Preheat the oven to 170°C (fan 150°C) and line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
- Blitz or mash the cooked chicken with the egg whites and the spoon of broth or water until you have a thick, sticky paste.
- Roll the paste into pea-sized balls and flatten each one slightly onto the tray, leaving a little space between them.
- Bake for 15–18 minutes until firm and cooked right through, with no soft or wet centre.
- Cool completely before offering one or two; store the rest in an airtight tub in the fridge.
Nutrition: By pairing lean breast meat with protein-rich egg whites and leaving out the fatty yolk and any carbohydrate filler, these bites pack a satisfying, meaty reward into very few calories. That makes them handy for training, for slimming cats on a controlled diet, and for any cat whose treats need to stay light without feeling like a punishment.
📝 Notes
Both the chicken and the egg white must be fully cooked — never serve raw egg white, which can bind biotin, or undercooked chicken. Keep the broth strictly plain: onion, garlic, salt and stock cubes are all unsafe for cats. These are a low-calorie reward, not a meal, so they should make up only a small part of the day's food alongside a complete, balanced diet and fresh water. Use within two to three days, or freeze.
⚕️ Before you cook for your cat
- Homemade food must be balanced. Cats need taurine, and deficiency causes heart and eye disease.
- Treat recipes are supplements to a complete diet, not a replacement for it.
- Check any new ingredient against the toxic-foods list, and ask your vet before switching diets.