The invention provides a method for recovering a fried Chinese prickly ash, a by-product obtained during Chinese prickly ash oil processing. The method comprises the following steps: 1) preparing fresh Chinese prickly ash, taking food oil for extraction to prepare the Chinese prickly ash oil, and obtaining the fried Chinese prickly ash as a by-product; 2) introducing the fried Chinese prickly ashin a centrifuge, and performing centrifugation to remove the grease on the surface; 3) performing normal-pressure drying or pressure-reduction drying to reduce the moisture content being less than orequal to 10 wt%; and 4) performing packaging and storage.