The invention aims to the field of chemical engineering, and relates to a method for preparing L-methionine. According to the method, acetylated saponification liquid is used as production raw material, acid is added into the raw material, the pH is adjusted to be acidic, after reduced pressure distillation, an organic solvent is used for treatment, so that a solution containing D,L-acetyl methionine is obtained, then the organic solvent is removed to obtain D,L-acetyl methionine crystals, and a resolution reaction is performed on the produced D,L-acetyl methionine crystals, so that the L-methionine is obtained; the technology does not need refined D,L-methionine, the soponification liquid for producing the D,L-methionine is used for performing an acetylated reaction, and therefore production cost is reduced; after the acetylation, water is evaporated to dryness, the organic solvent is used for desalting, the yield of the D,L-acetyl methionine reaches 97-99%, and the purity of the D,L-acetyl methionine reaches above 96%; the enzymolysis speed of the D,L-acetyl methionine is higher than that of a traditional method, the obtained L-methionine is good in crystal form and whiteness, the purity reaches above 99.5%, and the total yield of the L-methionine is improved to 78%; according to the technology, a circulation technology is integrated, the design is reasonable, and production cost is reduced.