This application uses a retort sterilization method including a microwave heating pretreatment, and compared to conventional sterilization methods, the original texture of vegetables, meat and seafood, and the taste of spicy vegetables such as chili, garlic and ginger. The present invention relates to a method for sterilizing processed foods that effectively kills mold, yeast, pathogenic bacteria, and spore-type heat-resistant microorganisms. [Selection] Figure 1本出願は、マイクロ波加熱前処理を含むレトルト殺菌方法を利用することで、従来の殺菌方法に比べ、野菜、肉、海産物の原物食感と、唐辛子、ニンニク、生姜などの香辛野菜の味とが多く残っているとともに、かび、酵母、病原性菌及び胞子型耐熱性微生物を効果的に死滅させる加工食品の殺菌方法に関する。【選択図】図1