The invention discloses a method for preparing
hydroxytyrosol by boiling and hydrolyzing. The method comprises the following steps of: firstly, preparing
plant extract, adjusting pH of the
plant extract to be 1-3, and boiling and hydrolyzing the
plant extract for 1-4 h under normal pressure; after cooling, adjusting the pH to be 6.8-7.2, filtering and taking supernate; sampling the supernate on macroporous adsorption resin, after adsorbing, washing and removing impurities by using water, eluting by using 10-90% by volume of
methanol or
ethanol, and collecting eluent; and condensing and recovering the
methanol or the
ethanol to obtain
hydroxytyrosol extract. According to the method disclosed by the invention, the conversion time of the
hydroxytyrosol is greatly shortened; the conversion rate is increased; the
production cycle is shortened as a whole; the production cost is saved; after hydrolyzing, adjusting to be neutral and placing the sample on a column, the supernate is washed and purified by using water and then eluted by using the
methanol or the
ethanol; and, instead of placing the sample on the column and eluting by using acid liquid, the
disadvantage that resin equipment can be corroded is overcome.