The invention relates to a Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) detection method for chlortetracycline hydrochloride and relates to detection of tetracycline antibiotics. Au nanoparticle sol isprepared by reducing chloroauric acid with sodium citrate, and gold nanoparticles with uniform particle size are prepared by controlling the concentration of reactants, the reaction time, the reactiontemperature and the stirring speed; a SERS substrate is prepared with gold sol under constant temperature conditions. the pH of a chlortetracycline hydrochloride solution is controlled, fluorescent quencher is added, surface enhanced Raman detection is carried out on chlortetracycline hydrochloride on the SERS substrate, with the increase of the concentration of chlortetracycline hydrochloride, aRaman peak of chlortetracycline hydrochloride at a specific wavelength is gradually enhanced, and the intensity of the Raman characteristic peak of chlortetracycline hydrochloride is proportional tothe amount of chlortetracycline hydrochloride so as to carry out quantitative analysis and detection on chlortetracycline hydrochloride. The method has the advantages of low detection limit, high sensitivity, good reproducibility of detection, fast detection speed, high standard recovery rate of samples and the like and can meet the requirement for rapid analysis and detection.