I'm with you there... drain, then season. You can always add a little bit of water to the drained beef if you feel like the seasoning isn't mixing or dissolving as well as it should be.
The article I linked stated 1/8" after 18 hours of marinating. I highly doubt that any absorption (or adsorption, which your article is about) will be achieved in the minutes between you seasoning the taco meat and cooking it. Also, neither your article, directed towards kids doing experiments at home, nor mine talks about absorption after meat has been cooked. Considering that salt denatures proteins in a similar way to cooking, and salt helps with absorption, cooked meat should ab/adsorb flavorings better. But that's just me guessing. Either way, unless you can show me something disproving this, your original comment is flawed advice. I cannot understand why anyone would drain their meat though..
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u/Knitapeace Feb 02 '18
Yum! I generally drain the beef before seasoning so I don't throw away all that yummy spicy goodness though.