Dry animal food product and method for manufacturing same

[Problem] To provide a dry animal food product to be reconstituted with water before eating, wherein said dry animal food product can be manufactured by an inexpensive evaporation-drying method, has a favorable size and appearance, can be reconstituted by soaking in water, and has an appropriate chewing texture and elasticity as well as characteristic meat taste after reconstitution with water. [Solution] The present invention provides a dry animal food product (excluding a dry animal food product prepared by introducing fat or oil into an animal food product before thermal denaturation), wherein said dry animal food product is manufactured by introducing a degrading enzyme into at least the inside of an animal food product, then thermally denaturing muscle tissues constituting the animal food product in a wet state, and evaporation-drying the animal food product to thereby bind the muscle tissues together, has a wet basis moisture content of 1-30 mass%, and can be reconstituted by soaking in water.