Rough chop sausage to bite size and brown in stew pot.

Remove sausage to bowl, set aside. Add onion to hot stew pots getting all seasoning from pot bottom.

Once onion softens, add rice and stir while cooking until all white (not translucent).

Add 2c water/broth and cook on high uncovered for 10 min. Season to taste.

Add remaining broth, kale, chopped carrots then season to taste and simmer covered for thirty minutes. Add more water to taste, after 10 min.

Remove from heat and keep covered until serving.