An ink jet recording method for recording an image on a recording medium using a first liquid A containing a polymerizable or crosslinkable material, and a second liquid B having a different composition from the composition of the first liquid A, the method comprising: applying the second liquid B, in which a compound having a difference of an inorganicity/organicity ratio estimated from a structure of compound (I/O value) of 3 or less from the polymerizable or crosslinkable material is contained in a range of 50% by mass or more, onto the same area at which the image is to be formed by the first liquid A or a wider area than the area at which the image is to be formed by the first liquid A, of the recording medium which is impermeable or slowly-permeable; jetting the first liquid A onto the recording medium where the second liquid B has been applied so that at least a droplet a1 and a droplet a2 of the first liquid A have an overlap portion; and providing activation energy within 60 seconds of impact of each droplet of the first liquid A to cause polymerization of the polymerizable material or to cause crosslinking of the crosslinkable material.