Baked Shrimp with Feta and Tomato

ryan recently volunteered at a shrimp boil and brought home some free shrimp. i realized i haven't eaten shrimp in the longest time and i really missed it so i bought more shrimp and made this recipe.

Ingredients

* 1/4 cup butter
* 1 tablespoon minced garlic
* 1 1/2 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined
* 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
* 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
* Salt to taste
* 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
* 3/4 cup dry vermouth
* 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
* 4 ounces crumbled feta

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Put the butter and garlic into a large skillet, and place over medium-high heat. Once the butter has melted and the garlic begins to sizzle, stir in the shrimp, red pepper flakes, and oregano. Cook until the shrimp are firm and opaque, about 5 minutes. Season with salt, then stir in the chopped parsley, and pour into a casserole dish.
3. Pour vermouth into the skillet, and simmer until reduced by half. Add chopped tomatoes and continue cooking until heated through. Spoon tomato mixture on top of the shrimp and sprinkle with crumbled feta cheese.
4. Bake in preheated oven until the cheese softens and turns golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.

so the things i changed for this recipe included that i used only 1 pound of shrimp. i didn't want to buy two bags of shrimp because i wasn't sure if that particular shrimp was going to be any good. i also used powdered red pepper instead of flakes because i'm not too fond of red pepper flakes. i think that worked to my advantage because it evened out the spicy flavor instead of only tasting the spice per flake. i used 1/8 cup dry parsley instead of fresh, because i misread the recipe and thought it said dry so i didn't buy any fresh parsley. i didn't have dry vermouth so i used white wine vinegar and i found a can of diced tomatoes with garlic and olive oil included, which was great because i thought i had garlic at home but i didn't so that helped me out a lot. i bought some random pre crumbled feta cheese which was all right but i wish i had bought the feta from tucumcari mountain cheese cuz it's da bomb but none of the stores that sell it are open on sundays. i served this with fettucine alfredo but it would taste just fine over plain pasta.