Foryoueats: Tea-smoked Salmon

Ingredients

• 1 x 800g (1 lb 12 oz) skin-on salmon fillet, trimmed
• finely chopped dill, to serve
• lemon wedges, to serve
• Quick pickled cucumber
• 1 large Lebanese or Japanese cucumber, thinly sliced
• 2 tsp sugar
• 2 tsp white vinegar
• ½ tsp sea salt
• 1 tbsp finely chopped mint
• 1 tbsp finely chopped dill
• Smoking mix
• ½ cup loose black tea
• ½ cup rice
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp Sichuan peppercorns
• 4 whole star anise
• Honey glaze
• ¼ cup honey
• 2 tbsp Chinese light soy sauce
• ½ tsp dark soy sauce