Cooked beans go in food container (7)
I believe the answer is:
nosebag
'food container' is the definition.
(food bag hung from an horse's head)
'cooked beans go' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates an anagram (letters cooked into a new form).
'beans'+'go'='beansgo'
'beansgo' is an anagram of 'NOSEBAG'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for nosebag that I've seen before include "Horse fodder holder" , "Container for a horse's dinner" , "Horse's feed container" , "Feeder strapped on horse" , "Horse's fodder pouch" .)