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.
