5-Ingredient Costco Taco Recipe

These 5-ingredient Costco tacos make for an easy, flavorful weeknight dinner that will help you feel as if you're on a relaxing vacation by the Pacific Ocean. 

Thanks to ready-made, succulent Costco rotisserie chicken, fresh veggies and fruit, an abundance of corn tortillas, and one inventive sauce, these delicious 5-ingredient Costco tacos feel downright luxurious and even a little exciting. The combination of creamy, perfectly mashed avocados and a bit of fresh pineapple salsa also help to create a wonderful topping that really spruces up the shredded rotisserie chicken.

Considering the fact they take 10 minutes to make, require only 5 ingredients, and a trip to just one store, these tacos are quite possibly the easiest impressive dinner you can serve at home. Pair these 5-ingredient Costco tacos with a good margarita, and you've got yourself a taco dinner by the beach — even if the beach itself is a little hard to find these days. Actually, make it a pineapple margarita while you're at it in keeping with the theme. Here are the 5-ingredient Costco tacos that you absolutely should try tonight.

As there are so few ingredients in these 5-ingredient Costco tacos, the instructions here are pretty simple. First off, start by peeling and dicing the fresh pineapple. To peel a pineapple, cut off about ½ an inch below the top of the pineapple, where all the leaves are. Then, cut off about ½ an inch from the base of the pineapple. 

Now, moving your chef's knife in a slight curve, begin to cut off the rough outer surface of the pineapple. Remove any of the remaining tough brown parts you see until you get to the perfectly yellow, sweet flesh.

Finally, locate the core of the pineapple. Cut with your knife in a smooth motion from top to bottom around the core, leaving you with 4 sides of the pineapple and the core. Discard the core, the peel, and the leaves from the top. Dice ¼ of the pineapple into small chunks. They should be of a size you wouldn't mind biting into in a taco, about 1/2 inch or less.

Now, shred the Costco rotisserie chicken, making enough to fill 2 cups. That typically comes out to about half a chicken breast, so chances are good that you won't need to shred the whole thing.

For the perfect balance of textures, we're going to mash our avocados into a creamy consistency. This texture will contrast really nicely with the soft rotisserie chicken and the chunky pineapple salsa.

To make mashed avocado, you'll first off need those elusive perfectly ripe avocados. We recommend ripening your avocados outside the fridge. When you feel like the avocado has a bit of give when you press on the outer skin, transfer them to the fridge. This slows down the ripening and helps prevent you from ending up with blackened, rotten avocado before you're ready to use them.

Cut the avocado in half — remember to go slow and avoid injuring yourself — remove the pit with a spoon, and scoop out the avocado meat. Transfer the avocado meat to a bowl and mash with a fork. Season with a bit of salt.

The time has come to assemble these amazing 5-ingredient Costco tacos. Rejoice!

To assemble the tacos, set yourself up in an area with plenty of counter space. This can be your table, a kitchen island, or just a counter. Place all the ingredients around you — this is a handy chef trick called mise in place, by the way — and place an empty plate at the end of the line. This is where you'll put the assembled tacos. Leave yourself with a cutting board or clean space in the middle where you can assemble the tacos.

To assemble each taco, top a tortilla with 1-2 tablespoons of mashed avocado, then 2 tablespoons of shredded chicken, and 2 tablespoons of pineapple-habanero salsa. You can even drizzle with a bit more Robert Rothschild Roasted Pineapple and Habanero Sauce as you see fit. Repeat until you run out of corn tortillas.