PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable enjoyment in palate feeling peculiar to a food material while suppressing lowering of the taste and flavor of the food material, in a cooked food easy to eat by softening the food material and a production method therefor.SOLUTION: A production method for a cooked food includes: a production step for a first softened food, including a step of softening a first food material by infiltrating into the first food material, a cooking liquid containing splitting enzyme having as the substrate, at least one part of components contained in the food material so as to split the substrate by the splitting enzyme, and a step of heating the first food material； a production step for a second softened food, including a step of softening and cooking the second food material without using splitting enzyme； and a step of combining the first softened food and the second softened food.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】食品素材を軟化して食べやすくした調理食品及びその製造方法において、食品素材の味や風味の低下を抑えつつ、該食品素材特有の食感を楽しむことができるようにすることである。【解決手段】本発明に係る調理食品の製造方法は、第１食品素材に、該食品素材に含まれる成分の少なくとも一部を基質とする分解酵素が含まれる調理液を浸透させることにより、前記分解酵素により基質を分解して該第１食品素材を軟化する工程と、前記第１食品素材を加熱する工程とを備える、第１軟化食品の製造工程と、第２食品素材を、分解酵素を用いずに軟化調理する工程を備える、第２軟化食品の製造工程と、前記第１軟化食品と前記第２軟化食品を組み合わせる工程とを備える。【選択図】図１
