Lamb Rib Chops with Quick Cherry Pan Sauce | The Market at Gus’s

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 8 3/4- to 1-inch-thick lamb rib chops
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium red onion, halved, thinly sliced (about 2 cups)
• 1 cup unsweetened black cherry juice
• 1 cup halved pitted fresh Bing cherries or other dark sweet cherries (about 7 ounces whole unpitted cherries)
• 1/3 cup thinly sliced fresh basil, divided