Can I freeze uncooked meat in its marinade?

As you surely know, raw meat weeps juices when you thaw it. This is caused by the rupturing of cell walls as the water in them expands (happens in produce, too). If you thaw frozen marinated meat, letting it sit in the marinade for a few hours once it is thawed might help the meat reabsorb some of the juices because of the salt in the marinade. That’s just my theory. I have done what you propose to do and can’t recall noticing any adverse consquences.

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