Vanilla Coke Chicken Wings

My coworker mentioned to me the other day that her aunt marinates her chicken wings with coke and it was super good.  Well, that certainly intrigued me so today I decided to try that out.  Unfortunately I didn't have any regular coke at home so I used what we have - vanilla coke.

Ingredients:
a bag of chicken wings (about 1-2 lbs)
1 cup vanilla coke
3-4 tbsp soy sauce
1-1.5 tsp ginger powder (no fresh ginger at home)
2 tbsp cooking wine
3 carrots - chopped into small pieces
fresh ground black pepper and salt for taste

Marinate the wings in soy sauce, coke, ginger powder and cooking wine. Heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat and add chicken wings - sear both sides.  Add the marinade and carrots to the pan.  Simmer the chicken wings for 15-20 min - do not cover with lid. Marinade will be reduced to a glaze.  Add some black pepper and salt for taste (if necessary) and serve.