I am looking for a chicken base dog food recipe I can make at home, to help save on food cost for our dogs.?

What I used to feed my dog was a simple mix of shredded chicken ( whatever was the cheapest at the,time ... usually drumsticks) peas (canned, or frozen) and dried bread crumbs or pieces of stale bread. Then I used to pour just enough chicken stock to where the bread crumbs were saturated and it all combined well. He loved it and it was cheap that for sure... Another plus is that it's real easy to freeze large portions for any time you need it. Just take a portion out in the morning and it's ready for dinner .

I have several vet-approved things I use. I guess I end up about 50/50 on homemade vs commercial.. The homemade is not expensive. I use brown rice (excellent fiber!), boiled sweet potato and boiled white potato as carbs. Then I combine it with ground beef, chicken (doesn't need to be white meat unless the dog has an upset tummy), egg scrambled in microwave with water, and occasional chicken livers. My dog loves them and they're dirt cheap, but he doesn't get them more than once a week. Veggies are canned, frozen or fresh green beans and carrots. What I end up doing is cooking batches of it and freezing in freezer bags. Then I just nuke whatever portions he gets that day. Also, great bedtime snacks are things like cottage cheese and oatmeal. My vet knows exactly what he's getting and he says it's very nutritionally sound.

Drumsticks are the least expensive- use bread or rice as a filler. Lots of times you can add in leftover veggies if they're not heavily spiced. Our dog loves fish more than anything. She always ends up with some tuna- putting a little on top of her regular dry dog food with some liquid from the can makes her do the happy dance. She gets leftover salmon too.

get a biiggg pot.boil up chicken bones and chicken off cuts in water/stock which you can buy cheap from the supermarket.add a lot of rice to it and small bits of cut up veg

Dogs love the marrow from bones and it helps their teeth.

shouldnt cost too much per week