Put carrot sticks into a saucepan and add enough water to just cover the carrots.
Add the other ingredients and cook until the liquid has almost completely evaporated.
About 5 minutes before carrots are cooked, sauté the carrots over high heat, swirling the saucepan or gently turning the carrots with a spatula to completely coat the carrots with the syrup at the bottom of the pan.
