An ink jet recording method includes: a step of forming an image by ejecting liquid droplets of an aqueous color ink to a recording medium; and a step of forming a coating ink layer by ejecting liquid droplets of an aqueous coating ink on the image, and in the ink jet recording method described above, the aqueous color ink is ejected in the form of a plurality of liquid droplets having different liquid droplet amounts per one droplet, and the aqueous coating ink is ejected to have a liquid droplet amount per one droplet smaller than a liquid droplet amount of a smallest liquid droplet of the aqueous color ink.