A method for preparing a crunchy snack-type meat food product, the method includes the steps of cutting pieces of muscle into meat strips, cutting in the direction of the muscle fibers of the muscle pieces; pressing the meat strips together in parallel into a mold; freezing the meat strips in the mold to form a frozen block of meat strips; removing the frozen block of meat strips from the mold; slicing the frozen block transversely to the muscle fibers, thereby obtaining sheets or slices of meat; and dehydrating and cooking same.