Why does chicken taste so much better if you season it BEFORE cooking?

Answer 1

It tastes better to have the seasoning cooked into the food rather than have it sprinkled on top of the food.

This is also a reason why marinating meats cause the meat to be very tender and flavorful.

Answer 2

Because you let the seasoning marinate in the flesh. It had time to sink in.

Answer 3

It marinates and mixes better

Answer 4

Because the seasoning as a chance to penetrate the meat.

Answer 5

absorbtion

Answer 6

Because the spices soak into the chicken also its what spices you put on the chicken
that really give a great flavor to your chicken! Great tip put spices also at the end of
of your cooking or baking of chicken or any kind of meat makes a really big difference!

Answer 7

Most all meat is like that.
Why?
Because it absorbs the seasoning.

Answer 8

Because cooking *changes* the flavors. Seasoned prior cooking changes the taste of the chicken.

Answer 9

Seasoning before cooking sticks to the meat so you the flavors in the meat while it cooks and after it wii not stick or absorb into the meat.

Answer 10

Maybe because seasonings taste better when slightly sauted or heated, to release the flavors. Seasoning after cooking, does not heat up the seasonings enough.