The invention discloses an automatic dish-frying machine. The automatic dish-frying machine comprises a rack, a heating pan, a pan spatula, an oil adding device, a water supply device, a seasoning placing device, a reading device, a control unit and a display unit. The invention further relates to an intelligent dish-frying method adopting the intelligent dish-frying machine. According to the technical scheme, delivered clean vegetables are adopted as the food materials, the intelligent dish-frying machine obtains the menu information by reading dish identifiers, the operation steps are automatically set according to the menu information, and the operation is carried out automatically. An operator places the to-be-processed food materials and places seasonings according to the requirementsof the menu, the device can carry out automatic heating, oil products, seasonings and water can be added quantitively and automatically according to the menu, and stir-frying is carried out automatically. The operator can carry out automatic dish frying only through material adding and dish outlet auxiliary work, thus the professional technical requirements for the operator and the number of theoperator are greatly reduced, the work efficiency is also greatly improved, and meanwhile, the consistency of the dishes is guaranteed. The technical scheme is particularly suitable for business places including dining halls, restaurants and the like.