An ink-jet recording method comprising: jetting an ink-jet recording ink so as to form an image on a recording medium, by applying a stimulus to the ink-jet recording ink, wherein the ink-jet recording ink comprises: a colorant dispersible in water, a water-soluble organic solvent, which is used as a wetting agent, wherein the wetting agent contains a wetting agent A and a wetting agent B, wherein the wetting agent A is at least one of 1,2,3-butanetriol, 1,2,4-butanetriol, glycerin, diglycerin, triethylene glycol and tetraethylene glycol, and wherein the wetting agent B is at least one of diethylene glycol and 1,3-butanediol, a surfactant, a penetrant, a water-dispersible resin, and water, wherein when 2.5g of the ink is weighed, placed in a glass Petri dish having a diameter of 33mm and stored for 24hr at a temperature of 50°C±0.5°C and a humidity of 12%±5%, the evaporation rate of a solvent in the ink is 50% by weight or more, and an ink residue has a viscosity of 20,000mPa·s or greater, and wherein by storing the ink residue for 6hr at a temperature of 23°C±0.5°C and a high humidity of 95%±3% to allow it to absorb moisture, the amount of moisture contained in the ink residue becomes 30% by weight to 40% by weight, in which case the ink residue has a viscosity of less than 500mPa·s; where the "evaporation rate of a solvent" is represented by the expression (1 - amount of ink residue / total weight of ink)×100, the solvent includes the water and the water-soluble organic solvent contained in the ink, and the "amount of moisture contained in the ink residue" is represented by the expression (amount of moisture absorbed / total amount of ink residue that has absorbed moisture)×100, wherein the recording medium comprises a support, and a coating layer applied onto at least one surface of the support, the amount of purified water transferred to the recording medium at a contact period of 100ms measured by a dynamic scanning absorptometer is 2ml/m 2 to 35ml/m 2 and the amount of purified water transferred to the recording medium at a contact period of 400ms measured by the dynamic scanning absorptometer is 3ml/m 2 to 40ml/m 2. jetting an ink-jet recording ink so as to form an image on a recording medium, by applying a stimulus to the ink-jet recording ink, wherein the ink-jet recording ink comprises: a colorant dispersible in water, a water-soluble organic solvent, which is used as a wetting agent, wherein the wetting agent contains a wetting agent A and a wetting agent B, wherein the wetting agent A is at least one of 1,2,3-butanetriol, 1,2,4-butanetriol, glycerin, diglycerin, triethylene glycol and tetraethylene glycol, and wherein the wetting agent B is at least one of diethylene glycol and 1,3-butanediol, a surfactant, a penetrant, a water-dispersible resin, and water, a colorant dispersible in water, a water-soluble organic solvent, which is used as a wetting agent, wherein the wetting agent contains a wetting agent A and a wetting agent B, wherein the wetting agent A is at least one of 1,2,3-butanetriol, 1,2,4-butanetriol, glycerin, diglycerin, triethylene glycol and tetraethylene glycol, and wherein the wetting agent B is at least one of diethylene glycol and 1,3-butanediol, a surfactant, a penetrant, a water-dispersible resin, and water, wherein when 2.5g of the ink is weighed, placed in a glass Petri dish having a diameter of 33mm and stored for 24hr at a temperature of 50°C±0.5°C and a humidity of 12%±5%, the evaporation rate of a solvent in the ink is 50% by weight or more, and an ink residue has a viscosity of 20,000mPa·s or greater, and wherein by storing the ink residue for 6hr at a temperature of 23°C±0.5°C and a high humidity of 95%±3% to allow it to absorb moisture, the amount of moisture contained in the ink residue becomes 30% by weight to 40% by weight, in which case the ink residue has a viscosity of less than 500mPa·s; where the "evaporation rate of a solvent" is represented by the expression (1 - amount of ink residue / total weight of ink)×100, the solvent includes the water and the water-soluble organic solvent contained in the ink, and the "amount of moisture contained in the ink residue" is represented by the expression (amount of moisture absorbed / total amount of ink residue that has absorbed moisture)×100, wherein the recording medium comprises a support, and a coating layer applied onto at least one surface of the support, the amount of purified water transferred to the recording medium at a contact period of 100ms measured by a dynamic scanning absorptometer is 2ml/m 2 to 35ml/m 2 and the amount of purified water transferred to the recording medium at a contact period of 400ms measured by the dynamic scanning absorptometer is 3ml/m 2 to 40ml/m 2.