PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for efficiently cooking food which is satisfactory in preservability, improved in yield and is superior in taste and texture after cooking, in a state of not only cooking food but also retaining characteristics of superheated steam over a long time.SOLUTION: This food cooking method including cooking using superheated steam has a heating step of heating food by superheated steam, at a heating temperature of 100-300°C for a heating time of 1-14 min so as to bring a core temperature of the food to 35-90°C, and a cooling step of cooling the food for 10-80 min so as to bring the core temperature of the food to 10-20°C.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】 食品の調理方法に関する。【解決手段】 過熱水蒸気を用いて加熱調理する食品の調理方法であって、食品の芯温度が35~90℃になるように過熱水蒸気で加熱温度100~300℃、加熱時間1~14分間加熱する加熱工程と、食品の芯温度が10~20℃になるように10~80分間冷却する冷却工程とを有することを特徴とする。【選択図】 図1