Oh! I forgot! I just scooped them out with a ladel after the chicken had boiled for a while (enough to dethaw) – and before I added other ingredients. It was the only “whoopsi” to this whole meal. Usually I like to clean and de-gibletize the chicken before I freeze him, but this was was a strait-from-the-store-to-the-freezer sale chicken so I didn’t do it when it was first bought. I end up doing this frequently and don’t think the giblets take away or harm anything. But then again, I’m also the one at thanksgiving who demands to have “giblet gravy” for my rice. It has a good southern flavor.