The invention discloses a method for detecting a menbutone residue in pig tissue. The method comprises the steps as follows: firstly, the pig tissue subjected to intramuscular menbutone injection is weighed, cut up and then subjected to homogenate, and the tissue subjected to homogenate is extracted by using acetonitrile, then after centrifugation, the extracted liquid is subjected to rotary evaporation in vacuum with the temperature of 60 DEG C to dry, and after cooling, moving phase is added into the residue for ultraphonic dissolution and then centrifugation, and a liquid supernatant is collected and filtered by a millipore filter membrane with filtering particle diameter of 0.22 mu m, and the filter liquor is used as a test solution; secondly, a menbutone reference substance is weighed precisely, and after dissolved by acetonitrile and diluted by moving phase, the reference substance has a concentration of 9 to 11 mu g / mL, and a reference substance solution is obtained; thirdly, HPLC (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography) is adopted for testing the test solution and the reference substance solution, the chromatogram is recorded, and the menbutone residue in the tissue is calculated by peak area according to external standard method. The method is good in specificity, high in sensitivity and good in repeatability, can quickly detect the menbutone residue in the pig tissue, and is a reliable method for controlling the quantity of the menbutone residue in animal-origin food.