The present invention relates to the field of meat product processing and discloses a manufacture method of preserved meat. The method specifically comprises 1) pickling liquid preparing, 2) raw material pickling, 3) air-drying, 4) baking, 5) smoking, and 6) packaging. Edible salt, white sugar, potassium lactate, nitrate, Chinese prickly ash, chilies, star anises, cortex cinnamomi, cloves, tea polyphenols, sodium erythorbate, rosemary, and cooking wine are taken and mixed evenly, the mixture is stirred and crushed, then water is added in the stirred and crushed mixture to conduct a boiling, and the boiled mixture is filtered to obtain the pickling liquid. The pickling is divided into three stages and each stage uses a gradually increased temperature. The baking and smoking are combined. At the same time, the smoked preserved meat is soaked using tea water. The manufactured preserved meat is mellow in fragrance, low in salt contents and in line with people's healthy diet.