Provided at low cost are: an instant processed meatproduct having extremely excellent reconstitution propertiesin hot water； and a method for producing the instantprocessed meat product having excellent productionefficiency. Disclosed are: a fried and dried instantprocessed meat product containing pregelatinized starch； anda method for producing the fried and dried instant processedmeat product. The method includes: preparing a material forthe instant processed meat product, pregelatinized starch,and water； kneading the material for the instant processedmeat product, the pregelatinized starch, and the water toobtain a kneaded product； shaping the kneaded product； andfrying and drying the shaped kneaded product to obtain afried and dried product.
