Sprouts are made from the young stems of mustard greens that are cut into julienne and pickled, and are divided into two kinds: salty and sweet. Salty sprouts produced in Sichuan Nanxi, Luzhou, Chongqing Yongchuan, Leshan Niuhua; sweet sprouts produced in Sichuan Yibin, the ancient name of the "Xufu sprouts", now best-selling in Sichuan and Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and other places. Sichuan is mostly savory, auxiliary fried meat foam, etc., because of the salty and popular.

Sprouts dish history:

Sprouts as a nutritious, high-quality, non-polluting health care green food by the majority of consumers. Brussels sprouts are made from the young stems of mustard greens rowed into silk pickled, divided into salty and sweet two kinds. Brussels sprouts are produced in Yibin Nanxi and Luzhou in Sichuan, Niuhua Town in Leshan and Yongchuan in Chongqing, founded in 1841.

Sweet Brussels sprouts produced in Yibin, Sichuan, the ancient name of "Xufu Brussels sprouts", founded in 1921, is now sold in Sichuan and Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and other places. About the origin of the sprouts, there is a legend, the Qing Dynasty Qianlong years, Yibin city, a couple of poor family, always rely on eating green vegetables to survive.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Brussels sprouts